EMULSION


Meaning of EMULSION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ i-ˈməl-shən ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin emulsion-, emulsio, from Latin emulgēre to milk out, from e- + mulgēre to milk; akin to Old English melcan to milk, Greek amelgein

Date: 1612

1.

a. : a system (as fat in milk) consisting of a liquid dispersed with or without an emulsifier in an immiscible liquid usually in droplets of larger than colloidal size

b. : the state of such a system

2. : suspension 2b(3) ; especially : a suspension of a sensitive silver salt or a mixture of silver halides in a viscous medium (as a gelatin solution) forming a coating on photographic plates, film, or paper

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