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WETTING AGENT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does wetting agent mean?

• WETTING AGENT (noun)
The noun WETTING AGENT has 1 sense:

1. a substance capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved

Familiarity information: WETTING AGENT used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• WETTING AGENT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A substance capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

surface-active agent; surfactant; wetter; wetting agent

Hypernyms ("wetting agent" is a kind of...):

chemical agent (an agent that produces chemical reactions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wetting agent"):

emulsifier (a surface-active agent that promotes the formation of an emulsion)

detergent (a surface-active chemical widely used in industry and laundering)

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