a gelatinous material consisting of hydrated cellulose, made by treating cellulose with water, acids, or alkalis: used in making paper, viscose rayon, and mercerized cotton
hydrocellulose in American English
(ˌhaidrəˈseljəˌlous)
noun
a gelatinous substance obtained by the partial hydrolysis of cellulose, used chiefly in the manufacture of paper, mercerized cotton, and viscose rayon
Word origin
[1875–80; hydro-1 + cellulose]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Diaspora, authoritarian, cross-fertilization, graph, massagehydro- is a combining form meaning “water,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix hydro- include: hydrofoil, hydrograph, hydrography, hydrosphere, hydrotherapy
Examples of 'hydrocellulose' in a sentence
hydrocellulose
This would yield hydrocellulose with higher crystallinity.
Md. Ziaul Karim, Zaira Zaman Chowdhury, Sharifah Bee Abd Hamid, Md. Eaqub Ali 2014, 'Statistical Optimization for Acid Hydrolysis of Microcrystalline Cellulose and ItsPhysiochemical Characterization by Using Metal Ion Catalyst', Materialshttp://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/7/10/6982. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Responses were measured in terms of percentage crystallinity (y1) and yield (y2) of the prepared hydrocellulose.
Sharifah Bee Abd Hamid, Zaira Zaman Chowdhury, Md. Ziaul Karim 2014, 'Catalytic Extraction of Microcrystalline Cellulose (MCC) from Elaeis guineensis usingCentral Composite Design (CCD)', BioResourceshttp://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_09_4_7403_Abd_Hamid_Microcrystalline_Cellulose_MCC. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)