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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

bagnabilità

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ban-nya-bil-i-ta

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Wetting/ˈwɛt.ɪŋ/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"La bagnabilità del materiale determina l'efficacia del trattamento."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The ability of a liquid to maintain contact with a solid surface, resulting from intermolecular interactions when the two are brought together.

    "The degree of wetting depends on the surface energy of the solid and the surface tension of the liquid."
  2. 2

    The act or process of making something wet or damp.

    "The accidental wetting of the electronics caused a complete system failure."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English word 'wetan', meaning 'to wet or moisten', originating from Proto-Germanic *watjaną. It is closely related to Old Saxon 'wetan' and Old Norse 'veta', ultimately stemming from the Indo-European root *wed- meaning 'water' or 'wet'.

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