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DETERGENCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does detergence mean?
• DETERGENCE (noun)
The noun DETERGENCE has 1 sense:
1. detergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power
Familiarity information: DETERGENCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Detergent quality; the quality of having cleansing power
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
detergence; detergency
Hypernyms ("detergence" is a kind of...):
usefulness; utility (the quality of being of practical use)
Derivation:
deterge (wipe away; to wash off or out, cleanse; chiefly in medical use: to clear away foul matter from the body)
detergent (having cleansing power)
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