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Dewetted vs Dewretted - What's the difference?

dewetted | dewretted |

As verbs the difference between dewetted and dewretted

is that dewetted is (dewet) while dewretted is (dewret).

dewetted

English

Verb

(head)
  • (dewet)

  • dewet

    English

    Verb

    (dewett)
  • (fluid mechanics, nanoscience) To undergo or cause the rupture of a thin liquid film on a liquid or solid substrate
  • * {{quote-journal, 2004, Rada A. Pushkarova & Roger D. Horn, Surface forces measured between an air bubble and a solid surface in waterstar, open, Colloids and Surfaces A, volume=261, doi=10.1016/j.colsurfa.2004.10.132
  • , passage=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
  • * {{quote-journal, 1995, Luis Cisneros-Zevallos et al., Mechanism of Surface White Discoloration of Peeled (Minimally Processed) Carrots During Storage, Journal of Food Science citation
  • , passage=To obtain normal surface moisture, the peeled carrots were dewetted by centrifuging with a salad spinner.}}

    See also

    * (Dewetting)

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    dewretted

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (dewret)

  • dewret

    English

    Verb

  • To subject to the process of dewretting.
  • (Webster 1913)