transphilic

English

Etymology

From trans- +‎ -philic.

Adjective

transphilic (comparative more transphilic, superlative most transphilic)

1. (rare, derogatory) Exhibiting transphilia.
2. (chemistry) Having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties.
   • 2000, Jean-Phillipe Croue, Gregory V. Korshin, Mark M. Benjamin, Characterization of Natural Organic Matter in Drinking Water, American Water Works Association, →ISBN, page 41:

     ... transphilic acids, which is consistent with the observation that the fulvic acids had a higher SUVA than the transphilic acids. By contrast, transphilic acids contained a higher proportion of sugars and amino sugars […]

   • 2003, JP Croué, "Evidence for the presence of nitrogenous binding site" (National Institutes of Health):

     The transphilic acid (TPHA) fraction ("transphilic" meaning fraction of intermediate polarity isolated from the XAD-4 resin) was found to incorporate […]

   • 2005 May 31, Gerald E. Speitel Jr, P. Pope, M. Robin Collins, M. Martin-Doole, Disinfection By-Product Formation and Control During Chloramination, American Water Works Association, →ISBN, page 23:

     ... transphilic and hydrophilic fractions pass through. Subsequent application of trans/hydrophilic fractions to the XAD-4 resin retained the transphilic fraction, while the hydrophilic fraction passed through. The hydrophobic and transphilic […]

   • 2005, Michèle Prévost, Biodegradable Organic Matter in Drinking Water Treatment and Distribution:

     ... (transphilic fraction, or TPH) or with NaOH at pH 13 (transphilic acids, or TPHA). The transphilic NOM fraction accounts for 10 to 30% of the NOM. The hydrophilic fraction (HPI) is the material that is not retained by either […]

   • 2011 August 26, Comprehensive Biotechnology, Newnes, →ISBN:

     ... transphilic neutrals, (5)hydrophilic NOM, and (6)transphilic acids.The LCOCD and XAD fractionation, as well as other related methods, are discussed in detail elsewhere[7]. The sensitivity of DOC and related methods depends primarily on the  […]

   • 2014 July 14, Paula G. Coble, Jamie Lead, Andy Baker, Darren M. Reynolds, Robert G. M. Spencer, Aquatic Organic Matter Fluorescence, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 44:

     ... transphilic organic acid, and (d) hydrophilic fractions of a water sample from the Yukon River at Pilot Station, Alaska. (See Plate 2.) whole water sample are often found in the hydrophobic fractions containing aquatic humic substances […]

Usage notes

• The sense referring to transphilia is not in general use; it was coined as an opposite to transphobic by transphobes.