ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Kosmotropic

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Kosmotropic is an adjective meaning (physics, chemistry) Describing ions (normally small, with a high charge density) that stabilize intermolecular interactions in water, especially by stabilizing hydrogen bonds.

Meaning

(physics, chemistry) Describing ions (normally small, with a high charge density) that stabilize intermolecular interactions in water, especially by stabilizing hydrogen bonds.

Antonyms for kosmotropic

Common opposites include chaotropic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chaotropic, cybotactic, cationoid, hydrostable, distonic, hydrogenic.

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