dewet
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]dewet (third-person singular simple present dewets, present participle dewetting, simple past and past participle dewetted)
- (fluid mechanics, nanoscience) To undergo or cause the rupture of a thin liquid film on a liquid or solid substrate
- 2004, Rada A. Pushkarova, Roger D. Horn, “Surface forces measured between an air bubble and a solid surface in waterstar, open”, in Colloids and Surfaces A, volume 261, :
- It is well known that air bubbles attach to hydrophobic surfaces; in other words, such surfaces are partially dewetted by water.
- To remove moisture from
- 1995, Luis Cisneros-Zevallos et al., “Mechanism of Surface White Discoloration of Peeled (Minimally Processed) Carrots During Storage”, in Journal of Food Science[1]:
- To obtain normal surface moisture, the peeled carrots were dewetted by centrifuging with a salad spinner.
