dewet - What does it mean?

Verb

(dewett)

(fluid mechanics|nanoscience) To undergo or cause the rupture of a thin liquid film on a liquid or solid substrate

* {{quote-journal|2004|Rada A. Pushkarova & Roger D. Horn|Surface forces measured between an air bubble and a solid surface in waterstar, open|Colloids and Surfaces A|volume=261|doi=10.1016/j.colsurfa.2004.10.132

|passage=It is well known that air bubbles attach to hydrophobic surfaces; in other words, such surfaces are partially dewetted by water.}}

To remove moisture from

* {{quote-journal|1995|Luis Cisneros-Zevallos et al.|Mechanism of Surface White Discoloration of Peeled (Minimally Processed) Carrots During Storage|Journal of Food Science citation

|passage=To obtain normal surface moisture, the peeled carrots were dewetted by centrifuging with a salad spinner.}}