preswell

verb

Etymology

From pre- + swell.

  1. inherited from *swellaną — “to swell
  2. inherited from *swellan
  3. inherited from swellan
  4. inherited from swellen
  5. prefixed as preswell — “pre + swell

Definitions

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

    • 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 neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for preswell. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA