hydrophobic

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Since Teflon® surfaces are both oleophobic and hydrophobic, they are not readily wet.

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  1. adjective Repelling, tending not to combine with, or incapable of dissolving in water.
  2. adjective Of or exhibiting hydrophobia.

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  • In one position, the molecules are hydrophobic (water repelling), and in the other, hydrophilic (water attracting). —  AnalogSFF,September2008
  • For example, without water, it may not be possible to form a membrane, which is based on hydrophobic ("water-fearing") interactions between molecules Footnote 8: J. B. S. Haldane, "The Origin of Life," New Biology , 16 (1954): 12-27 One of the most hostile conditions for life anywhere is radiation. —  AnalogSFF,May2006
  • This paper introduces the hydrophobic-polar (HP) models and several natural computing approaches. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • I'm sure you've heard all the stories about how we Peylyxians are hydrophobic - but that is a myth. —  Cobb
  • Specifically, as the ratio of the "hydrophobic" area (ahc) to the hydrophilic area (ahg) decreases, a shape transition from the shell-like structure to the dense aggregate occurs. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
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  1. from Late Latin hydrophobicus, from Greek ὑδροφοβικός, from ὑδροφοβία, hydrophobia: see hydrophobia.
 

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/haɪdrəˈfoʊbɪk/
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