Antifoaming

/ˈæntiˌfoʊmɪŋ/ adjective

Definition

Having the property or function of preventing, reducing, or eliminating foam and bubbles.

Etymology

From antifoam + -ing (present participle/adjective form). Adjectival form of the chemical term developed alongside antifoam products.

Kelly Says

Antifoaming technology is weirdly important in food production—without antifoaming agents in ice cream and yogurt, the machinery would get gummed up with billions of tiny bubbles and break down.

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