Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oleophilic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: oleophilic
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having an affinity for oil (rather than for water)

Example Sentences

"We demonstrate that tunable superoleophobic surfaces fabricated by a simple spin and spray coating methods of titania on silicon (Si) wafers and stainless steel (SS) mesh, which possess a hierarchical re-entrant structure consisting of nano meter sized particles on top of micron sized particle, are able to induce superoleophobicity on an oleophilic self assembled monolayer of 1H,1H,2H,2H-perflurodecyltrichlorosilane (FDTS)."

Etymology

From oleo- + -philic.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: oleo
Suffix: philic

Inflected Forms

more oleophilic (comparative) most oleophilic (superlative)

Derived Forms

superoleophilic

Questions

What does oleophilic mean?: Having an affinity for oil (rather than for water)
Where does oleophilic come from?: From oleo- + -philic.

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