hydrotrope

English

Etymology

hydro- +‎ -trope

Noun

hydrotrope (plural hydrotropes)

1. (chemistry) A compound that solubilizes hydrophobic compounds in aqueous solutions.
2. A device for raising water by the direct action of steam; a pulsometer.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “hydrotrope”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)