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)
- 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.
- (physical 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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Verb edit
emulsion (third-person singular simple present emulsions, present participle emulsioning, simple past and past participle emulsioned)
- (transitive) To paint with emulsion paint.
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emulsion c (singular definite emulsionen, plural indefinite emulsioner)
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Declension of emulsion
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Singular | Plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | emulsion | emulsionen | emulsioner | emulsionerne |
| genitive | emulsions | emulsionens | emulsioners | emulsionernes |
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emulsion