superhydrophobicity
Definitions
The quality of being extremely hydrophobic or repellent to water or of not being wetted.
Examples
“The key to long [battery] life is a property superhydrophobicity. This occurs when a drop of electorlyte or other liquid sits on top of a roughened nanostructured surface instead of wetting it. Zap the droplet with a burst⟳ of electricity or heat, however, and it wets the surface in a matter⟳ of milliseconds.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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