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  • noun Plural form of micelle.

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Examples

  • The Caseins The casein family includes four different kinds of proteins that gather together into microscopic family units called micelles.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • The Caseins The casein family includes four different kinds of proteins that gather together into microscopic family units called micelles.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Experiments at the Institut Laue-Langevin in France revealed that the soap's magnetic properties come from the surfactant's tendency to form clumps of tiny particles called micelles in water.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2012

  • These occur in milk as clumps known as micelles, held together by a calcium

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • But if the concentration is increased, the soap molecules begin to aggregate into little clumps called micelles which are composed of a few hundred soap molecules each.

    ScreenTalk 2009

  • These groupings (technically called micelles) have a negative charge, which makes them repel other groupings of casein and keeps the casein evenly dispersed in the milk.

    The Kitchn 2009

  • But if the concentration is increased, the soap molecules begin to aggregate into little clumps called micelles which are composed of a few hundred soap molecules each.

    ScreenTalk 2009

  • But if the concentration is increased, the soap molecules begin to aggregate into little clumps called micelles which are composed of a few hundred soap molecules each.

    ScreenTalk 2009

  • But if the concentration is increased, the soap molecules begin to aggregate into little clumps called micelles which are composed of a few hundred soap molecules each.

    ScreenTalk 2009

  • But if the concentration is increased the soap molecules begin to aggregate into little clumps called micelles which are composed of a few hundred soap molecules each.

    Darwiniana 2008

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