Underwrapping
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Underwrapping is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of underwrap.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of underwrap.
More Meanings
- The act of underwrapping something.
- A material that forms an underwrapped layer.
- (molecular biology) A state of being insufficiently desolvated, so that the main chain of hydrogen bonds in a protein are too accessible, rendering the protein unstable.
Example Sentences
How carefully done up — tissue-paper underwrapping as well !
However, protein underwrapping is only one cause of dosage effects.
An underwrapping of thin polyester urethane foam may be applied next.
A threaded screw assembly inside the knob prevents either the overwrapping or underwrapping of the IABP.
Word Forms
- underwrappings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include interwrap, wrappage, enwrapment, wrapping, wrap, enwrapping.
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