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wetting agent

n :  any of numerous water-soluble or liquid organic substances that promote spreading of a liquid on a surface or penetration into a material esp. by their oriented adsorption on the surfaces in such a way that the wetting liquid is no longer repelled and that are used esp. in mixing solids with liquids or spreading liquids on surfaces .
 
 

 
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