semisolid
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
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At body temperature, it rapidly becomes a lubricious semisolid material that acts as a local drug reservoir.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
In July regulators will publish new standards, including definitions for what constitutes a semisolid, a “solid-liquid” or all solid-state battery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
This often includes steps such as hydrogenation, which produces semisolid oils, and hydrolysis, which enhances flavors.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 8, 2023
The nucleic acids are loaded into a slot near the negative electrode of a semisolid, porous gel matrix and pulled toward the positive electrode at the opposite end of the gel.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The produce was heaped in a growing pile on a small semisolid island with a few scraggly trees on it.
From The Native Soil by Alan Edward Nourse
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