Definitions for emulsion

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emulsion e·mul·sion

Spelling: [ih-muhl-shuh n]

IPA: /ɪˈmʌl ʃən/

Emulsion is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 359 anagrams from letters in emulsion (eilmnosu).

Definitions for emulsion

noun

1. Physical Chemistry. any colloidal suspension of a liquid in another liquid.
2. such a suspension used in cosmetics.
3. Pharmacology. a liquid preparation consisting of two completely immiscible liquids, one of which, as minute globules coated by a gum or other mucilaginous substance, is dispersed throughout the other: used as a means of making a medicine palatable.
4. Photography. a composition sensitive to some or all of the actinic rays of light, consisting of one or more of the silver halides suspended in gelatin, applied in a thin layer to one surface of a film or the like.

Origin of emulsion

1605-15; New Latin ēmulsiōn- (stem of ēmulsiō), equivalent to Latin ēmuls(us) milked out (ē- e-¹ + mulsus, past participle of mulgēre to milk) + -iōn-

Examples for emulsion

Whisking oil and vinegar in a bowl is the most tenuous kind of emulsion.

If you use denatured alcohol, you are likely to have an emulsion as a result of the mixing.

Protoplasm is rich in lipoids; probably it is mainly an emulsion of these and proteins.

Unhappily, all of the Scott's emulsion advertising is not up to this standard.

This emulsion is also excellent for the cabbage louse and many other insects.

The commencement of the saponification is denoted by the formation of an emulsion.

The emulsion had been designed originally for infrared flash bulbs.

Set to cool and then blend on high speed to make an emulsion.

Pour the emulsion into the filter reservoir and start the filtration.

That's great if you're trying to create an emulsion, but Tejedor had a few other tricks in store.