syneresis

[ si-ner-uh-sis ]

noun
  1. Physical Chemistry. the contraction of a gel accompanied by the exudation of liquid.

Origin of syneresis

1
First recorded in 1570–80; variant of synaeresis

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British Dictionary definitions for syneresis

syneresis

synaeresis

/ (sɪˈnɪərɪsɪs) /


noun
  1. chem the process in which a gel contracts on standing and exudes liquid, as in the separation of whey in cheese-making

  2. the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong

  1. another word for synizesis

Origin of syneresis

1
C16: via Late Latin from Greek sunairesis a shortening, from sunairein to draw together, from syn- + hairein to take

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