emulsion

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See also: émulsion, emulsión, and Emulsion

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Etymology[edit]

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

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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. (physical 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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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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emulsion c (singular definite emulsionen, plural indefinite emulsioner)

  1. emulsion

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emulsion

  1. genitive singular of emulsio