Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preswell

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: preswell
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause to become engorged with fluid prior to some other operation.

Example Sentences

"In order to secure uniform depth development it is often necessary to preswell the gelatin to facilitate access of the developer to the deepest grains."
"Dioctyl phthalate is used to preswell the polymers up to 50% by volume."
"Most workers, nevertheless, have attempted to interpenetrate the cell wall with monomer by preswelling with water or an oxygenated solvent."
"The principal areas covered are deep grouting with several variations, French drains, and forced water techniques designed to preswell the clay."
"While incubating with the primary antibody, preswell the protein A–Sepharose beads overnight."

Etymology

From pre- + swell.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Inflected Forms

preswells (present, singular) preswelling (participle, present) preswelled (participle, past) preswelled (past)

Questions

What does preswell mean?: To cause to become engorged with fluid prior to some other operation.
Where does preswell come from?: From pre- + swell.

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