ˈhä]fˌmīstə(r), ˈhȯ], ˈhō]\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized H
Etymology: after Franz Hofmeister died 1922 Austro-German physiological chemist
: an arrangement of salts, anions, or cations in descending order of their effect upon a physical phenomenon (as the swelling of gelatin) — called also lyotropic series