"surface-active" meaning in English

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        "capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid"
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          "surface tension",
          "surface tension"
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          "word": "surfactant"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "povǎrhnostno aktiven",
          "sense": "capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid",
          "word": "повърхностно активен"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid",
          "word": "pinta-aktiivinen"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid",
          "word": "grenzflächenaktiv"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid",
          "word": "benetzend"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid",
          "word": "felületaktív"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid",
          "word": "tensioattivo"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid",
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            "masculine",
            "neuter"
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          "word": "tensioactiv"
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  "word": "surface-active"
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      "word": "detergent"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "povǎrhnostno aktiven",
      "sense": "capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid",
      "word": "pinta-aktiivinen"
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      "sense": "capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid",
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      "sense": "capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid",
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      "sense": "capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid",
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      "sense": "capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid",
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  "word": "surface-active"
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