A technique for producing a fine mat of artificial fibre by extruding an electrically charged spray of a polymer through a nozzle and using electrostatic repulsion to control its pattern of deposition; frequently attributive.
Origin
1980s; earliest use found in Clinical Materials.
Definition of electrospinning in US English:
electrospinning
nounɪˌlɛktrə(ʊ)ˈspɪnɪŋ
A technique for producing a fine mat of artificial fibre by extruding an electrically charged spray of a polymer through a nozzle and using electrostatic repulsion to control its pattern of deposition; frequently attributive.