colloid

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French colloïde, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) + -oid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒlɔɪd/

Adjective

colloid (comparative more colloid, superlative most colloid)

1. Glue-like; gelatinous.

   colloid tumours

Noun

colloid (plural colloids)

1. (chemistry) A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.
2. (meteorology) An intimate mixture of two substances one of which, called the dispersed phase (or colloid), is uniformly distributed in a finely divided state throughout the second substance, called the dispersion medium (or dispersing medium).
3. (geology) A particle less than 1 micron in diameter, following the Wentworth scale

Derived terms

• colloidal

Translations

stable system of two phases

• Bulgarian: колоид m (koloid)
• Catalan: col·loide m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 膠體／胶体 (zh) (jiāotǐ), 胶体 (zh) (jiāotǐ)

• Finnish: kolloidi (fi)
• French: colloïde (fr) m
• German: Kolloid n
• Greek: κολλοειδές n (kolloeidés)
• Indonesian: koloid (id)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: collóideach m
• Italian: colloide (it) m, colóide m
• Japanese: コロイド (koroido)
• Polish: koloid (pl) m
• Portuguese: coloide (pt) m
• Romanian: coloid (ro) m, suspensie coloidală f
• Russian: колло́ид (ru) m (kollóid)
• Spanish: coloide (es) m
• Tagalog: maladigkit

See also

• solid sol solid in solid
• sol solid in liquid
• aerosol solid or liquid in gas
• gel liquid in solid
• emulsion liquid in liquid
• foam gas in liquid or solid
• aerogel gas in solid