dewet

present singular third person dewets · participle present dewetting · participle past dewetted · past dewetted

1. fluid mechanicsTo undergo or cause the rupture of a thin liquid film on a liquid or solid substrate

   It is well known that air bubbles attach to hydrophobic surfaces; in other words, such surfaces are partially dewetted by water.

   2004, Rada A. Pushkarova, Roger D. Horn, “Surface forces measured between an air bubble and a solid surface in waterstar, open”, in Colloids and Surfaces A, volume 261, →DOI

2. To remove moisture from

   To obtain normal surface moisture, the peeled carrots were dewetted by centrifuging with a salad spinner.

   1995, Luis Cisneros-Zevallos et al., “Mechanism of Surface White Discoloration of Peeled (Minimally Processed) Carrots During Storage”, in Journal of Food Science