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PEPTISATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does peptisation mean?
• PEPTISATION (noun)
The noun PEPTISATION has 1 sense:
1. the process of converting to a sol; bringing to a colloidal solution
Familiarity information: PEPTISATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process of converting to a sol; bringing to a colloidal solution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
peptisation; peptization
Hypernyms ("peptisation" is a kind of...):
chemical action; chemical change; chemical process ((chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved)
Derivation:
peptise (disperse in a medium into a colloidal state)
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