transphilic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties.
Example Sentences
- "... transphilic acids, which is consistent with the observation that the fulvic acids had a higher SUVA than the transphilic acids. By contrast, transphilic acids contained a higher proportion of sugars and amino sugars[…]"
- "The transphilic acid (TPHA) fraction ("transphilic" meaning fraction of intermediate polarity isolated from the XAD-4 resin) was found to incorporate […]"
- "... transphilic and hydrophilic fractions pass through. Subsequent application of trans/hydrophilic fractions to the XAD-4 resin retained the transphilic fraction, while the hydrophilic fraction passed through. The hydrophobic and transphilic[…]"
- "... (transphilic fraction, or TPH) or with NaOH at pH 13 (transphilic acids, or TPHA). The transphilic NOM fraction accounts for 10 to 30% of the NOM. The hydrophilic fraction (HPI) is the material that is not retained by either[…]"
- "... transphilic neutrals, (5)hydrophilic NOM, and (6)transphilic acids.The LCOCD and XAD fractionation, as well as other related methods, are discussed in detail elsewhere[7]. The sensitivity of DOC and related methods depends primarily on the […]"
- "... transphilic organic acid, and (d) hydrophilic fractions of a water sample from the Yukon River at Pilot Station, Alaska. (See Plate 2.) whole water sample are often found in the hydrophobic fractions containing aquatic humic substances[…]"
Etymology
From trans- + -philic.
Word Breakdown
Usage
Inflected Forms
more transphilic (comparative)
most transphilic (superlative)