emulsion
The English word “emulsion” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- A stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible.
- A food preparation in which one or more ingredients are made into an emulsion.
- 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
Etymology
Borrowed from French émulsion, from New Latin ēmulsiō, ēmulsiōnis, based on Latin ēmulgeō (“to milk out, extract”).
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