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101Surface condensation — Condensation Con den*sa tion, n. [L. condensatio: cf. F. condensation.] 1. The act or process of condensing or of being condensed; the state of being condensed. [1913 Webster] He [Goldsmith] was a great and perhaps an unequaled master of the arts …
102surface-active compound — Usually, in biological systems, means a detergent like molecule that is amphipathic and that will bind to the plasma membrane, or to a surface with which cells come in contact, altering its properties from hydrophobic to hydrophilic, or vice… …
103surface catalysis — catalysis in which the reacting substances are adsorbed onto the surface of the catalyst and there react. Cf. contact c …
104contact burst preclusion — A fuzing arrangement that prevents an unwanted surface burst in the event of failure of the air burst fuze …
105contact inhibition of phagocytosis — Phenomenon described in sheets of kidney epithelial cells that, when confluent, lose their weak phagocytic activity, probably because of a failure of adhesion of particles to the dorsal surface in the absence of ruffles …
106contact ring — a patterned injury or powder burn on the body surface at the site of a wound caused by a gunshot fired close to the point of entry …
107Surface — 1. wake up; 2. emerge at the end of a period of activity elsewhere; 3. appear after a period of being out of contact with people …
108surface — Australian Slang 1. wake up; 2. emerge at the end of a period of activity elsewhere; 3. appear after a period of being out of contact with people …
109contact lens — noun a thin plastic lens placed directly on the surface of the eye to correct visual defects …
110contact lens — con′tact lens n. oph either of a pair of small plastic disks that are held in place over the cornea by surface tension, to correct vision defects inconspicuously • Etymology: 1885–90 …