emulsion
verbEtymology Borrowed from French émulsion, from New Latin ēmulsiō, ēmulsiōnis, based on Latin ēmulgeō (“to milk out, extract”).
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To paint with emulsion paint.
emulsion
nounEtymology Borrowed from French émulsion, from New Latin ēmulsiō, ēmulsiōnis, based on Latin ēmulgeō (“to milk out, extract”).
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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.2016 February 1, Tom Whipple, “Microcannon firing nanobullets: the future of targeted medicine”, in The Times:
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Arts, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Photography The coating of photosensitive silver halide grains in a thin gelatine layer on a photographic film.
- Derived terms
- asphalt emulsion, double emulsion, emulsify, emulsionize, emulsion paint, emulsion polymerization, emulsoid, macroemulsion, microemulsion, nanoemulsion, nonemulsion, photoemulsion, photographic emulsion, solid emulsion
- Related terms
- emulsifier