Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hydroaffinity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-droaffin-i-ty
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

affinity to water; hydrophilicity

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Our analysis also shows that the hydroaffinity of the surface is mainly determined by the electrostatic interaction, but that the van der Waals interaction nevertheless is strong enough that it can turn a hydrophobic surface into a hydrophilic surface.."

Etymology

From hydro- + affinity.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does hydroaffinity mean?: affinity to water; hydrophilicity
Where does hydroaffinity come from?: From hydro- + affinity.

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