SURFACE-ACTIVE


Meaning of SURFACE-ACTIVE in English

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: modifying the properties of a liquid medium at a surface or interface usually by reducing surface tension or interfacial tension

all detergents are surface-active but not all surface-active agents are detergents — F.D.Snell

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