the ability of a solid material surface to adsorb a liquid, not necessarily water. A measure of the wettability is the contact angle between the solid surface and the liquid surface of a drop of the liquid on the solid
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The quality or state of being wettable or the degree to which something can be wet. This is also the ability of any solid surface to be wetted when in contact with a liquid whose surface tension is reduced so that the liquid spreads over the surface of the solid. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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The relative degree to which a fluid will spread into or coat a solid surface in the presence of other immiscible fluids.
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