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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

wässrige Phase

Pronunciation / Transliteration: vɛsrɪɡə faːzə

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Aqueous-phase/ˈeɪ.kwi.əs feɪz/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Zielsubstanz wurde aus der wässrigen Phase extrahiert."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to or existing in a state where water is the primary solvent or continuous liquid medium in a chemical system.

    "The extraction process effectively separates organic pollutants from the aqueous-phase."
As noun
  1. 1

    The liquid layer or solution in a heterogeneous mixture where water acts as the solvent.

    "After centrifugation, the aqueous-phase was carefully isolated from the heavier organic layer."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'aqueus' (watery, from aqua meaning water) combined with the chemical and physical term 'phase', which originates from the Greek 'phasis' meaning appearance. The compound term emerged in late 19th and early 20th-century scientific literature to describe distinct liquid systems in chemistry and chemical engineering where water serves as the primary solvent medium.

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