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/səɹˈfæktənt/
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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”.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Synonyms: tenside
Antonyms: none provided
A lipoprotein in the tissues of the lung that reduces surface tension and permits more efficient gas transport.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wetting agent, wetter, surface-active agent
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: chemical agent
Narrower terms: emulsifier, detergent
Blend of surface-active + agent.
Across languages
Translations 45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
عَامِل سَطْحِيّ
(ʕāmil saṭḥiyy)
— surface active agent
Bulgarian :
повърхностно-акти́вно вещество́
(povǎrhnostno-aktívno veštestvó)
— surface active agent
Chinese Mandarin :
表面活性劑 /表面活性剂
(biǎomiàn huóxìngjì)
— surface active agent
Chinese Mandarin :
界面活性劑 /界面活性剂
(jièmiàn huóxìngjì)
— surface active agent
Czech :
tenzid
— surface active agent
Czech :
surfaktant
— surface active agent
Finnish :
tensidi
— surface active agent
Finnish :
pinta-aktiivinen aine
— surface active agent
Finnish :
surfaktantti
— surface active agent
French :
tensioactif
— surface active agent
French :
mouillant
— surface active agent
French :
surfactant
— surface active agent
French :
surfactif
— surface active agent
German :
Tensid
— surface active agent
German :
Netzmittel
— surface active agent
German :
Benetzungsmittel
— surface active agent
German :
Dispergiermittel
— surface active agent
German :
Detergens
— surface active agent
German :
grenzflächenaktiver Stoff
— surface active agent
Italian :
tensioattivo
— surface active agent
Italian :
surfattante
— surface active agent
Italian :
surfactante
— surface active agent
Japanese :
界面活性剤
(kaimen-kasseizai)
— surface active agent
Kazakh :
беттік-активті заттек
(bettık-aktivtı zattek)
— surface active agent
Korean :
계면활성제
(gyemyeonhwalseongje)
— surface active agent
Persian :
ماده فعال سطحی
— surface active agent
Polish :
surfaktant
— surface active agent
Portuguese :
surfactante
— surface active agent
Portuguese :
tensioativo
— surface active agent
Portuguese :
tensoativo
— surface active agent
Russian :
пове́рхностно-акти́вное вещество́
(povérxnostno-aktívnoje veščestvó)
— surface active agent
Slovene :
omočilo
— surface active agent
Spanish :
surfactante
— surface active agent
Spanish :
tensoactivo
— surface active agent
Spanish :
tensioactivo
— surface active agent
Swedish :
tensid
— surface active agent
Swedish :
surfaktant
— surface active agent
Thai :
สารลดแรงตึงผิว
(sǎan-lót-rɛɛng-dtʉng-pǐu)
— surface active agent
Turkish :
sürfektan
— surface active agent
Vietnamese :
chất hoạt động bề mặt
— surface active agent
Finnish :
surfaktantti
— lipoprotein that facilitates gas transport in the lungs
Japanese :
肺表面活性物質
(hai-hyōmen-kassei-busshitsu)
— lipoprotein that facilitates gas transport in the lungs
Polish :
surfaktant
— lipoprotein that facilitates gas transport in the lungs
Swedish :
surfaktant
— lipoprotein that facilitates gas transport in the lungs
Turkish :
sürfektan
— lipoprotein that facilitates gas transport in the lungs
