micelle
English edit
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from New Latin micella, from mica (“crumb”) + -ella.
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Noun edit
micelle (plural micelles)
- (chemistry) a colloidal aggregate, in a simple geometric form, of a specific number of amphipathic molecules which forms at a well-defined concentration, called the critical micelle concentration
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colloidal aggregate
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Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
micelle
- micelle
Declension edit
Declension of micelle
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | micelle | micellen | miceller | micellerne |
genitive | micelles | micellens | micellers | micellernes |
French edit
Etymology edit
Formed from the root of Latin mīca, with the suffix -elle, or borrowed from New Latin micella.
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Noun edit
micelle f (plural micelles)
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Descendants edit
- Turkish: misel
Further reading edit
- “micelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Noun edit
micelle f