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Surfactant

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Noun

1. surface-active agent, surfactant, wetter, wetting agent

a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Surfactant

see synonyms of surfactant
noun
1. Also called: surface-active agent
a substance, such as a detergent, that can reduce the surface tension of a liquid and thus allow it to foam or penetrate solids; a wetting agent
adjective
2. 
having the properties of a surfactant

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Surfactant

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noun
any substance that is surface-active

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Surfactant

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n.
1. A surface-active substance.
2. A substance composed of lipoprotein that is secreted by the alveolar cells of the lung and serves to maintain the stability of pulmonary tissue by reducing the surface tension of fluids that coat the lung.

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