how to pronounce surfactant
/sɜːˈfæk.tənt/
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surfactant is pronounced in three syllables
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An example use of surfactant in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… type 2 cells making surfactant and these …”
meanings of surfactant
noun:
- 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".
- A lipoprotein in the tissues of the lung that reduces surface tension and permits more efficient gas transport.
surfactant frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word surfactant occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics surfactant can be related to
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that surfactant can be often used in the following areas:
1) education, science, and technology;
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