Meaning of preswell | Babel Free

Definitions

To cause to become engorged with fluid prior to some other operation.

Examples

“In order to secure uniform depth development it is often necessary to preswell the gelatin to facilitate access of the developer to the deepest grains.”

“Dioctyl phthalate is used to preswell the polymers up to 50% by volume.”

“Most workers, nevertheless, have attempted to interpenetrate the cell wall with monomer by preswelling with water or an oxygenated solvent.”

“The principal areas covered are deep grouting with several variations, French drains, and forced water techniques designed to preswell the clay.”

“While incubating with the primary antibody, preswell the protein A–Sepharose beads overnight.”

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