emulsion
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Etymology
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Borrowed from French émulsion, from New Latin ēmulsiō, ēmulsiōnis, based on Latin ēmulgeō (“I milk out, extract”).
Noun
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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suspension of one liquid in another
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coating of photosensitive layer on a photographic film
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