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thick·en

(thĭk′ən)

tr. & intr.v. thick·ened, thick·en·ing, thick·ens

1. To make or become thick or thicker: Thicken the sauce with cornstarch. The crowd thickened near the doorway.

2. To make or become more intense, intricate, or complex: The leader's departure thickens the problems. Our apprehension thickened.

thick′en·er n.

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Noun

thickener - any material used to thicken; "starch is used in cooking as a thickening"

thickening

material, stuff - the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread"

Translations

addensatore

thickener

[ˈθɪkənəʳ] N → espesador m

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thickener

, thickening

n (for sauces) → Bindemittel nt

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thickener

[ˈθɪk/ənəʳ] n → addensante m

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Without the addition of a thickener, the mean osmolality was similar for raw human milk (281 [+ or -] 2.23mOsm/kg), pasteurized human milk (285 [+ or -] 1.28mOsm/kg), and an infant formula (287 [+ or -] 15.43mOsm/kg) after 1 hour at 37 [+ or -] 2[degrees]C (Table 1).

Osmolality analysis of human milk and an infant formula with modified viscosity for use in infants with dysphagia

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In general, methods that can be used to effectively enhance the stability of the material are additions of the thickener [16], nucleating agent [17, 18], microencapsulation [19] or nanocomposite modification [20], and so on.

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In Klberfood NH1 74-401, the versatility of the innovative polyurea thickener was combined with the performance and high load carrying capacity of a synthetic base oil.

New synthetic high-temperature grease for food and industry

In 2015, CDE concluded the project and installed five machines at the pit operated by Metroplex Sand & Gravel: the M4500 modular wash plant, the AggMax portable logwasher, the Counter Flow Classification Unit (CFCU), the EvoWash fines recovery unit and the AquaCycle thickener.

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As thermoset product development specialist, Ludwig focused on the optimization of thickener products and processes, as well as developing and introducing new thickener technologies to the market.

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Ingredion has developed UNI-PURE Dvs-sperse instant thickener, bringing together the positive attributes of starches and gums to enable production of food that meets the needs of dysphagia patients (difficulty swallowing).

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* The Lubrizol Corporation introduced Glucamate CCO thickener. This newest rheology modifier in the family of methyl glucoside derivatives is a non-ethoxylated, naturally-derived thickener for mild surfactant systems.