Oil is an amphipathic molecule as it has both hydrophobic and hydrophilic characteristics.
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Hydrophilic
Synonyms for "hydrophilic" (4 found)
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3 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
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2 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 17 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- higròfil adj (having an affinity for water)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 親水性 /亲水性 adj (having an affinity for water)
Danish
2 entries- hydrofil adj (having an affinity for water)
- vandelskende adj (having an affinity for water)
Finnish
1 entries- hydrofiilinen adj (having an affinity for water)
French
1 entries- hydrophile adj (having an affinity for water)
German
1 entries- hydrophil adj (having an affinity for water)
Greek
1 entries- υδρόφιλος adj (having an affinity for water)
Hungarian
1 entries- hidrofil adj (having an affinity for water)
Icelandic
2 entries- vatnsfíkinn adj (having an affinity for water)
- vatnssækinn adj (having an affinity for water)
Italian
1 entries- idrofilo adj (having an affinity for water)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- avxwaz adj (having an affinity for water)
Polish
1 entries- hydrofilowy adj (having an affinity for water)
Portuguese
1 entries- hidrofílico adj (having an affinity for water)
Russian
1 entries- гидрофи́льный adj (having an affinity for water)
Spanish
1 entries- hidrofílico adj (having an affinity for water)
Tagalog
1 entries- tubighigumin adj (having an affinity for water)
Ukrainian
1 entries- гідрофільний adj (having an affinity for water)
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