tenside

See also: Tenside

English

Etymology

Derived from Latin tēnsiō, tēnsiōnem. Cognate English tension.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛnsaɪd/

Noun

tenside (plural tensides)

1. a surfactant
   • 1993, Juraj Tölgyessy, editor, Chemistry and Biology of Water, Air and Soil: Environmental Aspects, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 144:

     Another large group of organic substances polluting the hydrosphere are the preparations known as tensides and detergents [115, 116]. Tensides are surface active substances with a capability to reduce the surface tension at an interface.

Translations

surfactant — see surfactant

Anagrams

• deniest, destine, edestin, endites, entised, in steed, steined, tendies