emulsion

See also: émulsion, emulsión, and Emulsion

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French émulsion, from New Latin ēmulsiō, ēmulsiōnis, based on Latin ēmulgeō (“I milk out, extract”).

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Noun

emulsion (plural emulsions)

  1. A stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible.
    Mayonnaise is an emulsion where egg is used to keep oil and water mixed.
  2. (chemistry) A colloid in which both phases are liquid.
  3. (photography) The coating of photosensitive silver halide grains in a thin gelatine layer on a photographic film.

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Verb

emulsion (third-person singular simple present emulsions, present participle emulsioning, simple past and past participle emulsioned)

  1. (transitive) To paint with emulsion paint.

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Noun

emulsion

  1. genitive singular of emulsio
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