English words for '(chemistry) Dissolved in a buffer solution.'
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noun
- (chemistry) The state of a saturated solution.
- The flooding of a market with all of a product that can be sold.
- Chromatic purity; freedom from dilution with white.
- (telecommunications) The point at which the output of a linear device, such as a linear amplifier, deviates significantly from being a linear function of the input when the input signal is increased.
- (art) The intensity or vividness of a colour.
- (mathematics, set theory, topology, of a set S, with respect to an equivalence relation or function, countable) The smallest set containing S which is saturated with respect to the equivalence relation or function.
- (computing) A form of arithmetic in which all operations are limited to a fixed range of values. See Saturation arithmetic.
- (music) An effect on the sound of an electric guitar, used primarily in heavy metal music.
- The act of saturating or the process of being saturated.
- intense bombing of a military target with the aim of destroying it.
- (telecommunications) The condition at which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic-handling capacity, i.e. one erlang per circuit.
- (chemistry) The state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds.
- (meteorology) The state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity.
- (physics) The condition in which, after a sufficient increase in a causal force, no further increase in the resultant effect is possible; e.g. the state of a ferromagnetic material that cannot be further magnetized.
- chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
- the process of totally saturating something with a substance
- a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence
- the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid
noun
- the quantity of a particular substance that can dissolve in a particular solvent (yielding a saturated solution)
- the quality of being soluble and easily dissolved in liquid
- (chemistry) The amount of a substance that will dissolve in a given amount of a solvent, to give a saturated solution, under specified conditions.
- the property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it possible to solve
- The condition of being soluble.
noun
verb
- (transitive) (chemistry) To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- (transitive) To send violently into a certain state or condition.
- (intransitive, meteorology) To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets.
- (intransitive) (chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- (intransitive) To act too hastily; to be precipitous.
- (transitive) To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground.
- (transitive) To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
- (transitive) To throw an object or person from a great height.
- (intransitive) To fall headlong.
- bring about abruptly
- fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
- separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
- hurl or throw violently
- fall from clouds
adj
noun
- a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
- Any substance or material able to resolve the constituents of a mixture; a solvent.
- (mathematics) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given problem depends.
- (medicine) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumours; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.
adj
noun
adj
noun
- Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.
- A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
- (uncountable, music) Ellipsis of sludge metal.
- (behavioral science) Institutional policies that introduce tedium and inefficiency in processes.
- A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a water body.
- A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.
- the precipitate produced by sewage treatment
- any thick, viscous matter
verb
noun
- (chemistry) The solid material remaining after the liquid in which it was dissolved has been evaporated; a residue.
- (law) The residue of an estate.
- The residue, remainder or rest of something.
- (fuzzy logic) A binary function from [0,1] × [0,1] to [0,1] which is defined in terms of the t-norm as follows: x→y= sup z|z*x⩽y, where * denotes the t-norm function and sup denotes the supremum.
- something left after other parts have been taken away
adj
- being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance
- (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
- intensely focused
- of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced
- gathered together or made less diffuse
- Intense; directed towards a specific location.
- Not dilute; having a high concentration.
verb
adj
- being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance
- (not comparable, chemistry, of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
- used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled
- (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
- (chemistry) Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.
- (mathematics, especially topology, with respect to a function f) Saturated with respect to the equivalence relation x≡y⟺f(x)=f(y) (the kernel, noun sense 10, of f).
- (mathematics, set theory, of a set S, with respect to an equivalence relation ≡) Equal to a union of equivalence classes of ≡; such that if x∈S and x≡y then y∈S.
- (not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
- (comparable) Soaked or drenched with moisture.
- Having a high level of saturation (in various senses).
- (computing) Conforming to saturation arithmetic.
verb
adj
- (chemistry, of a solution) Not saturated; capable of dissolving more of a solute at the same temperature.
- (of a colour) Not chromatically pure; diluted.
- (chemistry) Of a compound containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond, especially of an organic compound having one or more double bonds or triple bonds between carbon atoms.
- not saturated; capable of dissolving more of a substance at a given temperature
- used of a compound (especially of carbon) containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond
- (of color) not chromatically pure; diluted
verb
- (physical chemistry, transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or other material.
- (transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid.
- (intransitive) To resolve itself as by dissolution.
- (law, transitive) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.
- (transitive) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
- (intransitive) To be melted, changed into a fluid.
- (physical chemistry, intransitive) To be disintegrated by such immersion.
- (cinematography, intransitive) To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
- (typography) To separate a ligature into its component letters.
- (transitive) To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
- (transitive) To destroy, make disappear.
- To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
- (transitive) To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
- cause to fade away
- pass into a solution
- cause to go into a solution
- become or cause to become soft or liquid
- bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
- grow less and less substantial until it disappears
- declare void
- come to an end (of a state)
- cause to lose control emotionally
- stop functioning or cohering as a unit
- lose control emotionally
noun
verb
- submerge in a liquid
- make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
- leave as a guarantee in return for money
- fill, soak, or imbue totally
- cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- beat severely
- heat a metal prior to working it
- become drunk or drink excessively
- (originally US slang, figurative, transitive) To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money.
- (transitive) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
- (figurative, transitive) To absorb; to drain.
- (transitive) (slang, boxing) To hit or strike.
- (metallurgy, transitive) To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
- (ceramics, transitive) To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
- (intransitive) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
- (transitive) To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
- (slang, chiefly Mormonism) To engage in penetrative sex without hip thrusting.
- (intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
noun
- washing something by allowing it to soak
- the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
- (slang, British) A drunkard.
- An immersion in water etc.
- (slang) A carouse; a drinking session.
- (Australia) A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
noun
- (chemistry) Dissolution of a sample into a solution by means of adding acid and heat.
- The assimilation and understanding of ideas.
- The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body.
- The result of this process.
- The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.
- The ability to use this process.
- the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat
- learning and coming to understand ideas and information
- the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body
noun
- A solution that has had additional solvent, such as water, added to it into order to make it less concentrated.
- a diluted solution
- (finance) Ellipsis of share dilution.
- The process of bringing in unskilled workers to replace skilled ones, for example during wartime.
- The process of making something dilute.
- (copyright law) Ellipsis of trademark dilution.
- weakening (reducing the concentration) by the addition of water or a thinner
verb
- (transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
- (intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
- (transitive) To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
- (transitive, stock market) To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
adj
noun
noun
- The act of dissolving, especially of a solid by a fluid.
- An answer to a problem.
- (marketing) A product, service or suite thereof, especially software.
- An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.
- (physical chemistry) A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.
- the successful action of solving a problem
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution
- a method for solving a problem
- the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
verb
noun
- (chemistry) A flotation method in which the material to be separated is adsorbed on the surface of gas bubbles in a liquid and is collected on an upper layer of an immiscible liquid
- (philosophy) In Hegelian philosophy, the situation where a tension between contradictory opposites is resolved by the addition of a new term which pushes the old opposition into its relation.
- Removal, taking away.
noun
- a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension
- (physical chemistry) A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.
- (meteorology) An intimate mixture of two substances, one of which, called the dispersed phase (or colloid), is uniformly distributed in a finely divided state throughout the second substance, called the dispersion medium (or dispersing medium).
- (geology) A particle less than 1 micron in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
adj
adj
- (physical chemistry) Absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution.
- (botany) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.
- Seeming to melt away.
- (mycology, of the fruiting body of a fungus) Becoming liquid as a phase of its life cycle.
- (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air
noun
- the concentration of a colloidal solution whose colloid will not pass through a semipermeable membrane; solution is placed in a bag of the membrane and the solvent is evaporated off
- (chemistry) A technique whereby the components of a mixture of two liquids are separated by selective permeation through a semipermeable membrane, the component that passes through the membrane being removed by evaporation
noun
- (physical chemistry) Any substance that can be crystallized from solution; a water-soluble crystalline substance that can diffuse through a semipermeable membrane, as opposed to a colloid which cannot.
- (biochemistry, botany) One of the microscopic particles resembling crystals, consisting of protein matter, which occur in certain plant cells.
adj
verb
noun
noun
- (chemistry) A substance that, when added to a solution, causes a dissolved substance to form a precipitate.
- Something which causes or hastens the occurrence of an act or event; specifically (chiefly psychology), something which brings about a mental or physiological condition.
- an agent that causes a precipitate to form
adj
- Inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration; hasty, impulsive, rash.
- (chiefly figurative) Acting, happening, or moving quickly; fast, rapid, swift; also, abrupt, sudden, unexpected.
- (chemistry) That causes precipitation (“formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid as a result of a chemical reaction”).
- Of a fall: straight downwards; headlong.
- done with very great haste and without due deliberation
noun
verb
- (chemistry) Of a substance: to change from a solid into a gas without passing through the liquid state, with or without being heated.
- (figurative) Synonym of sublime (“to become higher in quality or status; to improve”).
- (figurative) To raise something to a state of excellence; to improve.
- (also figurative) To raise (someone) to a high office or status; to dignify, to elevate, to exalt.
- (figurative, psychoanalysis) To modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of (such an instinct) into some acceptable activity.
- (chiefly passive voice) To change (a substance) from a gas into a solid through sublimation.
- (figurative, psychoanalysis) To modify the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of such an instinct into some acceptable activity.
- (figurative) To refine (something) until it disappears or loses all meaning.
- (chemistry) Of a substance: to change from a gas into a solid without passing through the liquid state.
- (generally) To change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently.
- remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
- direct energy or urges into useful activities
- vaporize and then condense right back again
- make more subtle or refined
- change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
adj
adj
- (chemistry) A chemical suspension
- (law) suspended sentence
- Hung from above.
- (medicine) suspended animation
- (of coffee, food, etc.) Paid for but not consumed by a customer, so that it can be given to a less fortunate person.
- (botany, of an ovule) Attached slightly below the summit of the ovary.
- (music, of a chord) Having had its third omitted and replaced with a major second or perfect fourth.
- (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment
verb
noun
- separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes
- (medicine) The use of this method for the removal of waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure: hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.
- (chemistry) A method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.
- (rhetoric) The spelling out of alternatives, or presenting of either-or arguments that lead to a conclusion.
- (rhetoric) asyndeton.
noun
name
noun
- a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved
- (chemistry) A surface-active agent, or wetting agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid; typically organic compounds having a hydrophilic “head” and a hydrophobic “tail”.
- (biochemistry) A lipoprotein in the tissues of the lung that reduces surface tension and permits more efficient gas transport.
noun
- a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved
- a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process
- someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed
- A wetting agent or surfactant.
- Agent noun of wet: someone who wets something as part of some process.
- A bedwetter.
- (MLE, slang) A knife used to commit wettings (stabbings).
adj
noun
- (water supply) Initialism of total dissolved solids.
- (spectroscopy) Initialism of thermal desorption spectroscopy.
- (computing, countable) Initialism of transaction data store.
- (physics, countable) Initialism of topological Dirac semi-metal.
- (medicine) Initialism of testicular dysgenesis syndrome.
- (communication, uncountable) Initialism of time-driven switching.
- (computing, countable) Initialism of tabular data stream.
- (taxation) Initialism of tax deducted at source.
- (publishing, R&D, uncountable) Initialism of technical documentation service.
- (US politics, uncountable) Initialism of Trump delusional syndrome.
- (US politics, uncountable) Initialism of Trump derangement syndrome.
phrase
noun
- (chemistry) The state of a saturated solution.
- The flooding of a market with all of a product that can be sold.
- Chromatic purity; freedom from dilution with white.
- (telecommunications) The point at which the output of a linear device, such as a linear amplifier, deviates significantly from being a linear function of the input when the input signal is increased.
- (art) The intensity or vividness of a colour.
- (mathematics, set theory, topology, of a set S, with respect to an equivalence relation or function, countable) The smallest set containing S which is saturated with respect to the equivalence relation or function.
- (computing) A form of arithmetic in which all operations are limited to a fixed range of values. See Saturation arithmetic.
- (music) An effect on the sound of an electric guitar, used primarily in heavy metal music.
- The act of saturating or the process of being saturated.
- intense bombing of a military target with the aim of destroying it.
- (telecommunications) The condition at which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic-handling capacity, i.e. one erlang per circuit.
- (chemistry) The state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds.
- (meteorology) The state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity.
- (physics) The condition in which, after a sufficient increase in a causal force, no further increase in the resultant effect is possible; e.g. the state of a ferromagnetic material that cannot be further magnetized.
- chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence vivid in hue
- the process of totally saturating something with a substance
- a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence
- the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid
noun
- the quantity of a particular substance that can dissolve in a particular solvent (yielding a saturated solution)
- the quality of being soluble and easily dissolved in liquid
- (chemistry) The amount of a substance that will dissolve in a given amount of a solvent, to give a saturated solution, under specified conditions.
- the property (of a problem or difficulty) that makes it possible to solve
- The condition of being soluble.
noun
verb
- (transitive) (chemistry) To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- (transitive) To send violently into a certain state or condition.
- (intransitive, meteorology) To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets.
- (intransitive) (chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- (intransitive) To act too hastily; to be precipitous.
- (transitive) To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground.
- (transitive) To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
- (transitive) To throw an object or person from a great height.
- (intransitive) To fall headlong.
- bring about abruptly
- fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
- separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
- hurl or throw violently
- fall from clouds
adj
noun
- a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances
- Any substance or material able to resolve the constituents of a mixture; a solvent.
- (mathematics) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given problem depends.
- (medicine) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumours; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.
adj
noun
adj
noun
- Solids separated from suspension in a liquid.
- A residual semi-solid material left from industrial, water treatment, or wastewater treatment processes.
- (uncountable, music) Ellipsis of sludge metal.
- (behavioral science) Institutional policies that introduce tedium and inefficiency in processes.
- A mass of small pieces of ice on the surface of a water body.
- A sediment of accumulated minerals in a steam boiler.
- the precipitate produced by sewage treatment
- any thick, viscous matter
verb
noun
- (chemistry) The solid material remaining after the liquid in which it was dissolved has been evaporated; a residue.
- (law) The residue of an estate.
- The residue, remainder or rest of something.
- (fuzzy logic) A binary function from [0,1] × [0,1] to [0,1] which is defined in terms of the t-norm as follows: x→y= sup z|z*x⩽y, where * denotes the t-norm function and sup denotes the supremum.
- something left after other parts have been taken away
noun
- (chemistry) Dissolution of a sample into a solution by means of adding acid and heat.
- The assimilation and understanding of ideas.
- The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be used by the body.
- The result of this process.
- The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.
- The ability to use this process.
- the process of decomposing organic matter (as in sewage) by bacteria or by chemical action or heat
- learning and coming to understand ideas and information
- the organic process by which food is converted into substances that can be absorbed into the body
noun
- A solution that has had additional solvent, such as water, added to it into order to make it less concentrated.
- a diluted solution
- (finance) Ellipsis of share dilution.
- The process of bringing in unskilled workers to replace skilled ones, for example during wartime.
- The process of making something dilute.
- (copyright law) Ellipsis of trademark dilution.
- weakening (reducing the concentration) by the addition of water or a thinner
noun
- The act of dissolving, especially of a solid by a fluid.
- An answer to a problem.
- (marketing) A product, service or suite thereof, especially software.
- An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.
- (physical chemistry) A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.
- the successful action of solving a problem
- a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem
- a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution
- a method for solving a problem
- the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
verb
noun
- (chemistry) A flotation method in which the material to be separated is adsorbed on the surface of gas bubbles in a liquid and is collected on an upper layer of an immiscible liquid
- (philosophy) In Hegelian philosophy, the situation where a tension between contradictory opposites is resolved by the addition of a new term which pushes the old opposition into its relation.
- Removal, taking away.
noun
- a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension
- (physical chemistry) A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.
- (meteorology) An intimate mixture of two substances, one of which, called the dispersed phase (or colloid), is uniformly distributed in a finely divided state throughout the second substance, called the dispersion medium (or dispersing medium).
- (geology) A particle less than 1 micron in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
adj
noun
- the concentration of a colloidal solution whose colloid will not pass through a semipermeable membrane; solution is placed in a bag of the membrane and the solvent is evaporated off
- (chemistry) A technique whereby the components of a mixture of two liquids are separated by selective permeation through a semipermeable membrane, the component that passes through the membrane being removed by evaporation
noun
- (physical chemistry) Any substance that can be crystallized from solution; a water-soluble crystalline substance that can diffuse through a semipermeable membrane, as opposed to a colloid which cannot.
- (biochemistry, botany) One of the microscopic particles resembling crystals, consisting of protein matter, which occur in certain plant cells.
adj
noun
- (chemistry) A substance that, when added to a solution, causes a dissolved substance to form a precipitate.
- Something which causes or hastens the occurrence of an act or event; specifically (chiefly psychology), something which brings about a mental or physiological condition.
- an agent that causes a precipitate to form
adj
- Inclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration; hasty, impulsive, rash.
- (chiefly figurative) Acting, happening, or moving quickly; fast, rapid, swift; also, abrupt, sudden, unexpected.
- (chemistry) That causes precipitation (“formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid as a result of a chemical reaction”).
- Of a fall: straight downwards; headlong.
- done with very great haste and without due deliberation
noun
verb
- (chemistry) Of a substance: to change from a solid into a gas without passing through the liquid state, with or without being heated.
- (figurative) Synonym of sublime (“to become higher in quality or status; to improve”).
- (figurative) To raise something to a state of excellence; to improve.
- (also figurative) To raise (someone) to a high office or status; to dignify, to elevate, to exalt.
- (figurative, psychoanalysis) To modify (the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct) in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of (such an instinct) into some acceptable activity.
- (chiefly passive voice) To change (a substance) from a gas into a solid through sublimation.
- (figurative, psychoanalysis) To modify the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct in a socially acceptable manner; to divert the energy of such an instinct into some acceptable activity.
- (figurative) To refine (something) until it disappears or loses all meaning.
- (chemistry) Of a substance: to change from a gas into a solid without passing through the liquid state.
- (generally) To change (a solid substance) into a gas without breaking down or passing through the liquid state by heating it gently.
- remove impurities from, increase the concentration of, and separate through the process of distillation
- direct energy or urges into useful activities
- vaporize and then condense right back again
- make more subtle or refined
- change or cause to change directly from a solid into a vapor without first melting
adj
noun
- separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes
- (medicine) The use of this method for the removal of waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure: hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.
- (chemistry) A method of separating molecules or particles of different sizes by differential diffusion through a semipermeable membrane.
- (rhetoric) The spelling out of alternatives, or presenting of either-or arguments that lead to a conclusion.
- (rhetoric) asyndeton.
noun
name
noun
- a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved
- (chemistry) A surface-active agent, or wetting agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid; typically organic compounds having a hydrophilic “head” and a hydrophobic “tail”.
- (biochemistry) A lipoprotein in the tissues of the lung that reduces surface tension and permits more efficient gas transport.
noun
- a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved
- a workman who wets the work in a manufacturing process
- someone suffering from enuresis; someone who urinates while asleep in bed
- A wetting agent or surfactant.
- Agent noun of wet: someone who wets something as part of some process.
- A bedwetter.
- (MLE, slang) A knife used to commit wettings (stabbings).
adj
noun
- (water supply) Initialism of total dissolved solids.
- (spectroscopy) Initialism of thermal desorption spectroscopy.
- (computing, countable) Initialism of transaction data store.
- (physics, countable) Initialism of topological Dirac semi-metal.
- (medicine) Initialism of testicular dysgenesis syndrome.
- (communication, uncountable) Initialism of time-driven switching.
- (computing, countable) Initialism of tabular data stream.
- (taxation) Initialism of tax deducted at source.
- (publishing, R&D, uncountable) Initialism of technical documentation service.
- (US politics, uncountable) Initialism of Trump delusional syndrome.
- (US politics, uncountable) Initialism of Trump derangement syndrome.
phrase
verb
- (physical chemistry, transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or other material.
- (transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid.
- (intransitive) To resolve itself as by dissolution.
- (law, transitive) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.
- (transitive) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
- (intransitive) To be melted, changed into a fluid.
- (physical chemistry, intransitive) To be disintegrated by such immersion.
- (cinematography, intransitive) To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
- (typography) To separate a ligature into its component letters.
- (transitive) To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
- (transitive) To destroy, make disappear.
- To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
- (transitive) To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
- cause to fade away
- pass into a solution
- cause to go into a solution
- become or cause to become soft or liquid
- bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
- grow less and less substantial until it disappears
- declare void
- come to an end (of a state)
- cause to lose control emotionally
- stop functioning or cohering as a unit
- lose control emotionally
noun
verb
- submerge in a liquid
- make drunk (with alcoholic drinks)
- leave as a guarantee in return for money
- fill, soak, or imbue totally
- cover with liquid; pour liquid onto
- rip off; ask an unreasonable price
- beat severely
- heat a metal prior to working it
- become drunk or drink excessively
- (originally US slang, figurative, transitive) To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money.
- (transitive) To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation.
- (figurative, transitive) To absorb; to drain.
- (transitive) (slang, boxing) To hit or strike.
- (metallurgy, transitive) To heat (a metal) before shaping it.
- (ceramics, transitive) To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time.
- (intransitive) To penetrate or permeate by saturation.
- (transitive) To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up)
- (slang, chiefly Mormonism) To engage in penetrative sex without hip thrusting.
- (intransitive) To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it.
noun
- washing something by allowing it to soak
- the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid)
- (slang, British) A drunkard.
- An immersion in water etc.
- (slang) A carouse; a drinking session.
- (Australia) A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain.
verb
- (transitive) To make thinner by adding solvent to a solution, especially by adding water.
- (intransitive) To become attenuated, thin, or weak.
- (transitive) To weaken, especially by adding a foreign substance.
- (transitive, stock market) To cause the value of individual shares or the stake of a shareholder to decrease by increasing the total number of shares.
- corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture
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noun
verb
noun
noun
verb
- (transitive) (chemistry) To separate a substance out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- (transitive) To send violently into a certain state or condition.
- (intransitive, meteorology) To have water in the air fall to the ground, for example as rain, snow, sleet, or hail; be deposited as condensed droplets.
- (intransitive) (chemistry) To come out of a liquid solution into solid form.
- (intransitive) To act too hastily; to be precipitous.
- (transitive) To cause (water in the air) to condense or fall to the ground.
- (transitive) To make something happen suddenly and quickly.
- (transitive) To throw an object or person from a great height.
- (intransitive) To fall headlong.
- bring about abruptly
- fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
- separate as a fine suspension of solid particles
- hurl or throw violently
- fall from clouds
adj
adj
- being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance
- (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
- intensely focused
- of or relating to a solution whose dilution has been reduced
- gathered together or made less diffuse
- Intense; directed towards a specific location.
- Not dilute; having a high concentration.
verb
adj
- being the most concentrated solution possible at a given temperature; unable to dissolve still more of a substance
- (not comparable, chemistry, of a solution) Containing all the solute that can normally be dissolved at a given temperature.
- used especially of organic compounds; having all available valence bonds filled
- (of color) being chromatically pure; not diluted with white or grey or black
- (chemistry) Having all available valence bonds filled; especially of any organic compound containing only single bonds between carbon atoms.
- (mathematics, especially topology, with respect to a function f) Saturated with respect to the equivalence relation x≡y⟺f(x)=f(y) (the kernel, noun sense 10, of f).
- (mathematics, set theory, of a set S, with respect to an equivalence relation ≡) Equal to a union of equivalence classes of ≡; such that if x∈S and x≡y then y∈S.
- (not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more.
- (comparable) Soaked or drenched with moisture.
- Having a high level of saturation (in various senses).
- (computing) Conforming to saturation arithmetic.
verb
adj
- (chemistry, of a solution) Not saturated; capable of dissolving more of a solute at the same temperature.
- (of a colour) Not chromatically pure; diluted.
- (chemistry) Of a compound containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond, especially of an organic compound having one or more double bonds or triple bonds between carbon atoms.
- not saturated; capable of dissolving more of a substance at a given temperature
- used of a compound (especially of carbon) containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond
- (of color) not chromatically pure; diluted
adj
- (physical chemistry) Absorbing moisture from the air and forming a solution.
- (botany) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees.
- Seeming to melt away.
- (mycology, of the fruiting body of a fungus) Becoming liquid as a phase of its life cycle.
- (especially of certain salts) becoming liquid by absorbing moisture from the air
adj
- (chemistry) A chemical suspension
- (law) suspended sentence
- Hung from above.
- (medicine) suspended animation
- (of coffee, food, etc.) Paid for but not consumed by a customer, so that it can be given to a less fortunate person.
- (botany, of an ovule) Attached slightly below the summit of the ovary.
- (music, of a chord) Having had its third omitted and replaced with a major second or perfect fourth.
- (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment