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Definition of emulsion

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noun

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.”
“When an ultrasonic beam is fired at the microcannons, the emulsion evaporates, expanding rapidly into gas. This creates enough force to push the nanobullets out at velocities reaching several metres per second.”

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noun

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.”
“When an ultrasonic beam is fired at the microcannons, the emulsion evaporates, expanding rapidly into gas. This creates enough force to push the nanobullets out at velocities reaching several metres per second.”
(physical)A colloid in which both phases are liquid.
The coating of photosensitive silver halide grains in a thin gelatine layer on a photographic film.

verb

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

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

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