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any synthetic substance, other than soap, that is an effective cleanser and functions equally well as a surface-active agent in hard or soft water.
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Universalium. 2010.
synthetic detergent
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synthetic detergent — noun : detergent c * * * any synthetic substance, other than soap, that is an effective cleanser and functions equally well as a surface active agent in hard or soft water … Useful english dictionary
detergent — /di terr jeuhnt/, n. 1. any of a group of synthetic, organic, liquid or water soluble cleaning agents that, unlike soap, are not prepared from fats and oils, are not inactivated by hard water, and have wetting agent and emulsifying agent… … Universalium
detergent — Synonyms and related words: abstergent, cathartic, cleaner, cleaning, cleaning agent, cleaning solvent, cleanser, cleansing, cleansing cream, cold cream, cream, dentifrice, depurant, depurative, diuretic, emetic, enema, expurgatory, holystone,… … Moby Thesaurus
detergent — [17] A detergent is literally something that ‘wipes away’. The word comes 161 devil from dētergent , the present participial stem of Latin dētergēre, a compound verb formed from dē ‘away’ and tergēre ‘wipe’ (its past participle produced English… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
detergent — [17] A detergent is literally something that ‘wipes away’. The word comes from dētergent , the present participial stem of Latin dētergēre, a compound verb formed from dē ‘away’ and tergēre ‘wipe’ (its past participle produced English terse).… … Word origins
detergent — 1. Cleansing. 2. A cleansing or purging agent, usually salts of long chain aliphatic bases or acids ( e.g., quaternary ammonium or sulfonic acid compounds) which, through a surface action that depends on their possessing both hydrophilic and… … Medical dictionary
detergent — I. adjective Date: 1616 that cleanses ; cleansing < a detergent oil > II. noun Date: 1676 a cleansing agent: as a. soap b. any of numerous synthetic water soluble or liquid organic preparations that are chemically different from soaps but are… … New Collegiate Dictionary
detergent — de•ter•gent [[t]dɪˈtɜr dʒənt[/t]] n. 1) chem. any synthetic organic cleaning agent that is liquid or water soluble and has wetting agent and emulsifying properties 2) chem. a similar substance that is oil soluble, used in lubricating oils, dry… … From formal English to slang
detergent — n. & adj. n. a cleansing agent, esp. a synthetic substance (usu. other than soap) used with water as a means of removing dirt etc. adj. cleansing, esp. in the manner of a detergent. Etymology: L detergere (as DE , tergere ters wipe) … Useful english dictionary
detergent — 1. noun Any non soap cleaning agent, especially a synthetic surfactant. See Also: surfactant 2. adjective Having the power to … Wiktionary
