"surfactant" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /səɹˈfæktənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-surfactant.wav Forms: surfactants [plural]
Etymology: Blend of surface-active + agent. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|surface-active|agent|alt1=<u>surf</u>ace-<u>act</u>ive|alt2=<u>a</u>ge<u>nt</u>}} Blend of surface-active + agent Head templates: {{en-noun}} surfactant (plural surfactants)
  1. (chemistry) A surface-active agent, or wetting agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid; typically organic compounds having a hydrophilic “head” and a hydrophobic “tail”. Categories (topical): Chemistry, Liquids Synonyms: tenside Translations (surface active agent): عَامِل سَطْحِيّ (ʕāmil saṭḥiyy) (Arabic), повърхностно-акти́вно вещество́ (povǎrhnostno-aktívno veštestvó) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 表面活性劑 (Chinese Mandarin), 表面活性剂 (biǎomiàn huóxìngjì) (Chinese Mandarin), 界面活性劑 (Chinese Mandarin), 界面活性剂 (jièmiàn huóxìngjì) (Chinese Mandarin), tenzid [masculine] (Czech), surfaktant [masculine] (Czech), tensidi (Finnish), pinta-aktiivinen aine (Finnish), surfaktantti (Finnish), tensioactif (French), mouillant (French), surfactant (French), surfactif (French), Tensid [neuter] (German), Netzmittel [neuter] (German), Benetzungsmittel [neuter] (German), Dispergiermittel [neuter] (German), Detergens [neuter] (German), grenzflächenaktiver Stoff [masculine] (German), tensioattivo [masculine] (Italian), surfattante (Italian), surfactante (Italian), 界面活性剤 (kaimen-kasseizai) (alt: かいめんかっせいざい) (Japanese), беттік-активті заттек (bettık-aktivtı zattek) (Kazakh), 계면활성제 (gyemyeonhwalseongje) (alt: 界面活性劑) (Korean), ماده فعال سطحی (Persian), surfactante (Portuguese), tensioativo (Portuguese), tensoativo (Portuguese), пове́рхностно-акти́вное вещество́ (povérxnostno-aktívnoje veščestvó) [neuter] (Russian), omočilo (Slovene), surfactante (Spanish), tensoactivo (Spanish), tensioactivo (Spanish), tensid (Swedish), surfaktant (Swedish), สารลดแรงตึงผิว (sǎan-lót-rɛɛng-dtʉng-pǐu) (Thai), sürfektan (Turkish), chất hoạt động bề mặt (Vietnamese)
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  2. (biochemistry) A lipoprotein in the tissues of the lung that reduces surface tension and permits more efficient gas transport. Categories (topical): Biochemistry Translations (lipoprotein that facilitates gas transport in the lungs): surfaktantti (Finnish), 肺表面活性物質 (hai-hyōmen-kassei-busshitsu) (alt: はいひょうめんかっせいぶっしつ) (Japanese), surfaktant [common-gender] (Swedish), sürfektan (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-surfactant-en-noun-HvNVo9cj Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'lipoprotein that facilitates gas transport in the lungs': 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: biosurfactant, cosurfactant, fluorosurfactant, nonsurfactant, prosurfactant, surfactantless

Inflected forms

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      "word": "grenzflächenaktiver Stoff"
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      "word": "tensioattivo"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "surface active agent",
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      "sense": "surface active agent",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "surface active agent",
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      "sense": "surface active agent",
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      "roman": "povérxnostno-aktívnoje veščestvó",
      "sense": "surface active agent",
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      "word": "пове́рхностно-акти́вное вещество́"
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      "sense": "surface active agent",
      "word": "omočilo"
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      "sense": "surface active agent",
      "word": "surfactante"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "surface active agent",
      "word": "tensoactivo"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "surface active agent",
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      "sense": "surface active agent",
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      "sense": "surface active agent",
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      "roman": "sǎan-lót-rɛɛng-dtʉng-pǐu",
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      "word": "สารลดแรงตึงผิว"
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      "sense": "surface active agent",
      "word": "sürfektan"
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "surface active agent",
      "word": "chất hoạt động bề mặt"
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      "word": "surfaktantti"
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      "sense": "lipoprotein that facilitates gas transport in the lungs",
      "word": "肺表面活性物質"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "lipoprotein that facilitates gas transport in the lungs",
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}

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