micelle
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin micella, from mica (“crumb”) + -ella.
Pronunciation
Noun
micelle (plural micelles)
- (chemistry) a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration
Derived terms
Translations
colloidal aggregate
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Danish
Pronunciation
Noun
micelle
- micelle
Declension
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | micelle | micellen | miceller | micellerne |
| genitive | micelles | micellens | micellers | micellernes |
French
Etymology
Formed from the root of Latin mīca, with the suffix -elle, or borrowed from New Latin micella.
Pronunciation
Noun
micelle f (plural micelles)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Turkish: misel
Further reading
- “micelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
micelle f
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