emulsion

See also: émulsion, emulsión, and Emulsion

English

Etymology

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

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. the coating of photosensitive silver halide grains in a thin gelatine layer on a photographic film

Translations

suspension of one liquid in another

• Bulgarian: емулсия (bg) f (emulsija)
• Crimean Tatar: emulsiya
• Dutch: emulsie (nl) f
• Finnish: emulsio (fi)
• French: émulsion (fr) f
• German: Emulsion (de) f
• Greek: γαλάκτωμα (el) n (galáktoma)
• Icelandic: þeyta f
• Irish: eibleacht f

• Italian: emulsione (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: emulsjon m

  Nynorsk: emulsjon m

• Portuguese: emulsão f
• Romanian: emulsie (ro) f
• Russian: эму́льсия (ru) f (emúlʹsija)
• Spanish: emulsión (es) f
• Tagalog: lapunaw

Derived terms

• solid emulsion
• emulsify

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Finnish

Noun

emulsion

1. Genitive singular form of emulsio.