Etymology

electrospinning

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Today it means: the use of an electric charge to pull very fine fibres from a liquid Full definition →

English spinning ← Latin electro- ← Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
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  1. Frenchélectro-
  2. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  3. Latinēlectrum
  4. Latinelectro-
  5. Englishelectro-
  6. Englishspinning
  7. English todayelectrospinning

From electro- + spinning.

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