electrocratic

[ih-lek-truh-krat-ik]

e·lec·tro·crat·ic

[ih-lek-truh-krat-ik]
adjective Physical Chemistry.
noting a colloid that owes its stability to the electric charge of the particles on its surface.
Compare lyocratic.


Origin:
electro- + -crat + -ic
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Electrocratic has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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