emulsion
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French émulsion, from New Latin ēmulsiō, ēmulsiōnis, based on Latin ēmulgeō (“I milk out, extract”).
Noun[edit]
emulsion (plural emulsions)
- 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.
- (chemistry) A colloid in which both phases are liquid.
- (photography) The coating of photosensitive silver halide grains in a thin gelatine layer on a photographic film.
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Translations[edit]
suspension of one liquid in another
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Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
emulsion
- Genitive singular form of emulsio.
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