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Meaning of "hydrophobicity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HYDROPHOBICITY

hydrophobicity  [ˌhaɪdrəfəʊˈbɪsɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYDROPHOBICITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hydrophobicity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HYDROPHOBICITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hydrophobicity

Hydrophobe

In chemistry, hydrophobicity is the physical property of a molecule that is repelled from a mass of water. Hydrophobic molecules tend to be non-polar and, thus, prefer other neutral molecules and non-polar solvents. Hydrophobic molecules in water often cluster together, forming micelles. Water on hydrophobic surfaces will exhibit a high contact angle. Examples of hydrophobic molecules include the alkanes, oils, fats, and greasy substances in general. Hydrophobic materials are used for oil removal from water, the management of oil spills, and chemical separation processes to remove non-polar substances from polar compounds. Hydrophobic is often used interchangeably with lipophilic, "fat-loving." However, the two terms are not synonymous. While hydrophobic substances are usually lipophilic, there are exceptions—such as the silicones and fluorocarbons.

Definition of hydrophobicity in the English dictionary

The definition of hydrophobicity in the dictionary is the property of repelling water rather than absorbing it or dissolving in it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYDROPHOBICITY


authenticity
ˌɔːθɛnˈtɪsɪtɪ
complicity
kəmˈplɪsɪtɪ
cubicity
kjuːˈbɪsɪtɪ
cytotoxicity
ˌsaɪtəʊtɒkˈsɪsɪtɪ
elasticity
ɪlæˈstɪsɪtɪ
electricity
ɪlɛkˈtrɪsɪtɪ
ethnicity
ɛθˈnɪsɪtɪ
felicity
fɪˈlɪsɪtɪ
monosyllabicity
ˌmɒnəʊˌsɪləˈbɪSɪtɪ
monotonicity
ˌmɒnəʊtɒˈnɪsɪtɪ
multiplicity
ˌmʌltɪˈplɪsɪtɪ
nephrotoxicity
ˌnefrəʊˌtɒkˈsɪsɪtɪ
periodicity
ˌpɪərɪəˈdɪsɪtɪ
plasticity
plæˈstɪsɪtɪ
publicity
pʌˈblɪsɪtɪ
simplicity
sɪmˈplɪsɪtɪ
specificity
ˌspesɪˈfɪsɪtɪ
syllabicity
ˌsɪlæˈbɪsɪtɪ
synchronicity
ˌsɪnkrəˈnɪsɪtɪ
toxicity
tɒkˈsɪsɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYDROPHOBICITY

hydrophane
hydrophanous
hydrophile
hydrophilic
hydrophilicity
hydrophilite
hydrophilous
hydrophily
hydrophobia
hydrophobic
hydrophobous
hydrophone
hydrophyte
hydrophytic
hydrophyton
hydrophytous
hydropic
hydroplane
hydropneumatic
hydropolyp

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYDROPHOBICITY

antigenicity
automaticity
basicity
capacity
centricity
chronicity
concentricity
duplicity
eccentricity
ellipticity
helicity
historicity
hydrophilicity
mains electricity
modulus of elasticity
pathogenicity
sphericity
static electricity
teratogenicity
tonicity
viscoelasticity

Synonyms and antonyms of hydrophobicity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hydrophobicity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HYDROPHOBICITY

Find out the translation of hydrophobicity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hydrophobicity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hydrophobicity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

疏水性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hidrofobicidad
570 millions of speakers

English

hydrophobicity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hydrophobicity
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

للا مائية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гидрофобность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hidrofobicidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hydrophobicity
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hydrophobie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hidrofobisiti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hydrophobie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

疎水性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

소수성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hydrophobicity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sợ nước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீர் தவிர்க்கும்தன்மையில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हायड्रोफॉबिसिटी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hidrofobisite
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

idrofobicità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hydrofobowość
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гидрофобность
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hidrofob
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υδροφοβικότητας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hydrophobicity
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hydrofobicitet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hydrofobitet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hydrophobicity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYDROPHOBICITY»

The term «hydrophobicity» is quite widely used and occupies the 44.711 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HYDROPHOBICITY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hydrophobicity

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYDROPHOBICITY»

Discover the use of hydrophobicity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hydrophobicity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Functionality of Proteins in Food
[3] reported that solubility, surface hydrophobicity, and molecular flexibility influence the emulsification behavior of globular proteins. Emulsifying properties of proteins are influenced by equipment design, temperature of oil, and protein ...
Joseph F. Zayas, 1997
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Soil Water Repellency: Occurrence, Consequences, and ...
In the model, factors other than hydrophobicity that are likely to influence soil erosion risk (e. g. vegetation cover, slope angle, rainfall characteristics) are assumed to be constant. For soils with a similar degree of hydrophobicity, erosion risk is ...
C.J. Ritsema, L.W. Dekker, 2003
3
Protein Functionality in Food Systems
The hydrophobicity of a protein can be further classified into surface hydrophobicity and molecular hydrophobicity. Whereas surface hydrophobicity relates to the extent of hydrophobic patches on the protein surface, the molecular  ...
Navam S. Hettiarachchy, Gregory R. Ziegler, 1994
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Protein Purification: Principles, High-Resolution Methods, ...
Protein hydration and specific interactions between the protein and the salt ions seems to be factors that influence the strength of interaction.23 7.2.2 The Hydrophobicity of Amino Acids and Proteins Although most hydrophobic amino acids are ...
Jan-Christer Janson, Lars Rydén, 1998
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Computational Methods for Protein Structure Prediction and ...
of the variety of methods by which hydrophobicity scales are derived. The Kyte- Doolittle hydropathy index (KD) uses water to vacuum transfer free energy to assign a hydrophobicity to each amino acid (Kyte and Doolittle, 1982). The Goldman ...
Ying Xu, Dong Xu, Jie Liang, 2010
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Membrane Structural Biology: With Biochemical and ...
Hydrophobicity scales for partitioning of the amino acids into nonnolar nhases. as determined bv Tanford: Goldman Engelman, and Steitz (GES); and Wimley and White (WW)a " The AGtr is given for the transfer of single amino acids from water  ...
Mary Luckey, 2008
7
Prediction of Protein Structure and the Principles of ...
Rose (1978) used a hydrophobicity profile to predict turns, and Rose and Roy ( 1980) used the method to predict interior and exterior regions in the molecule. Both and Sleigh (1980) compared the hydrophobicity of hemagglutinins from ...
G.D. Fasman, 1989
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Chemical and Functional Properties of Food Components, Third ...
6.1.3 Hydrophobicity 6.1.3.1 Average Hydrophobicity The nonpolar character of an a.a. can be expressed by hydrophobicity, that is, change of the free energy Fta accompanying the transfer of the a.a. from a less polar solvent to water.
Zdzislaw E. Sikorski, 2006
9
Protein Structure Prediction : A Practical Approach: A ...
In all current prediction schemes, candidate transmembrane helices are first identified by some kind of hydrophobicity plot, i.e. a graph showing the local hydrophobicity of the amino acid sequence as a function of position. To make a ...
Michael J. E. Sternberg, 1996
10
Encyclopedia of Agrophysics
Reduced wetting rates caused by hydrophobicity may also have a positive impact on soil structural stability. Hydrophobicity can be enhanced by soil drying, heating from fires, soil nutrients, and organic inputs. Geographical occurrence of soil ...
Jan Gliński, Józef Horabik, Jerzy Lipiec, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYDROPHOBICITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hydrophobicity is used in the context of the following news items.
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Researcher says more work needed on use of nanocarriers in fight …
In addition, various parameters can be modified, the paper says, such as size, porosity and hydrophobicity. They can also be functionalized to ... «FierceDrugDelivery, Jul 15»
2
Perovskite Solar Cell Record — First Certified Conversion Efficiency …
Here, we developed a new charge transport material which shows hydrophobicity and high carrier mobility, and successfully improved the ... «CleanTechnica, Jul 15»
3
Research clarifies the physics of water repelling surfaces
For extreme hydrophobicity the contact angle is 180°, the drop is spherical in shape, and we say that the substance is "dry". Professor Wilding ... «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
4
Characterization of Protein Stability Using Differential Scanning …
Propensity scales for amino acids and hydrophobicity scales of the amino acids in many secondary structures are used along with molecular ... «News-Medical.net, Jun 15»
5
New C-HPP Update Puts Coverage of Human Proteome at 85 …
The JPR study cited work by the C-HPP's Chinese team that found in an analysis of multiple tissues and cell lines that hydrophobicity and low ... «GenomeWeb, Jun 15»
6
Japanese group claims record perovskite efficiency
The NIMS group achieved the 15 percent conversion efficiency by developing a new charge transport material which shows hydrophobicity and ... «Compound Semiconductor, Jun 15»
7
No closures slated for Oak Creek this summer
New growth in vegetation slows down water that hits the burn scar, and the reduced hydrophobicity of soils that forest managers also observed ... «Arizona Daily Sun, Jun 15»
8
Protecting the Environment by Recovering Oil Spillages Using …
While the success of absorbents is primarily determined based on their hydrophobicity and oleophilicity, other important factors include ... «AZoNano.com, Jun 15»
9
NIMS Researchers Achieve 15% Energy Conversion Efficiency in …
Here, we developed a new charge transport material which shows hydrophobicity and high carrier mobility, and successfully improved the ... «AZoCleantech, Jun 15»
10
Reducing hydrophobicity of homogeneous antibody-drug …
Here we show that accelerated clearance arises from ADC hydrophobicity, which can be modulated through drug-linker design. We exemplify this using ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Hydrophobicity [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hydrophobicity>. May 2024 ».
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