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Definitions

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  • noun chemistry, uncountable The condition of being hydrophobic
  • noun chemistry, countable The degree to which a substance is hydrophobic

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  • noun the property of being water-repellent; tending to repel and not absorb water

Etymologies

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hydrophobic +‎ -ity

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Examples

  • And in fact you can program the self-assembly of things, so he starts chocolate dipping edges, changing the hydrophobicity and the hydrophylicity.

    Saul Griffith on everyday inventions 2006

  • And in fact you can program the self-assembly of things, so he starts chocolate dipping edges, changing the hydrophobicity and the hydrophylicity.

    Saul Griffith on everyday inventions 2006

  • And in fact you can program the self-assembly of things, so he starts chocolate dipping edges, changing the hydrophobicity and the hydrophylicity.

    Saul Griffith on everyday inventions 2006

  • They are suitable for use in high solids and water-based resins, where hydrophobicity, hydrolytic stability, adhesion and UV resistance are required.

    New Statesman New Statesman 2010

  • They are suitable for use in high solids and water-based resins, where hydrophobicity, hydrolytic stability, adhesion and UV resistance are required.

    New Statesman New Statesman 2010

  • Both approaches are already working in the lab, and the primary challenges tend to involve integrating materials that have very different properties in terms of hydrophobicity, heat dissipation, etc.

    3dGameMan.com Jared Maynard 2010

  • Courtney HS, Ofek I, Penfound T, Nizet V, Pence MA, et al. (2009) Relationship between expression of the family of M proteins and lipoteichoic acid to hydrophobicity and biofilm formation in Streptococcus pyogenes.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Cira Daniela Rinaudo et al. 2010

  • They are suitable for use in high solids and water-based resins, where hydrophobicity, hydrolytic stability, adhesion and UV resistance are required.

    New Statesman New Statesman 2010

  • "Understanding hydrophobicity, and how different conditions change it, is probably one of the most fundamental components in understanding how proteins fold in water and how different biomolecules remain stable in it," says Kumar.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

  • "Understanding hydrophobicity, and how different conditions change it, is probably one of the most fundamental components in understanding how proteins fold in water and how different biomolecules remain stable in it," says Kumar.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

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