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Webster 1913 Edition


Emulsion

E-mul′sion

,
Noun.
[From L.
emulgere
,
emulsum
: cf. F.
émulsion
. See
Emulge
.]
Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as:
(a)
In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and water united by a mucilaginous substance.
(b)
In photography, a liquid preparation of collodion holding salt of silver, used in the photographic process.

Webster 1828 Edition


Emulsion

EMUL'SION

,
Noun.
[L. emulsus, emulgeo, to milk out.]
A soft liquid remedy of a color and consistence resembling milk; any milk-like mixture prepared by uniting oil and water, by means of another substance, saccharine or mucilaginous.

Definition 2024


Emulsion

Emulsion

See also: emulsion, émulsion, and emulsión

German

Noun

Emulsion f (genitive Emulsion, plural Emulsionen)

  1. emulsion

emulsion

emulsion

See also: émulsion, emulsión, and Emulsion

English

Noun

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. (chemistry) a colloid in which both phases are liquid
  3. the coating of photosensitive silver halide grains in a thin gelatine layer on a photographic film

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Finnish

Noun

emulsion

  1. Genitive singular form of emulsio.