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emulsion

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noun
  1. 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. 2

    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 potato and cheese emulsion
  3. 3

    A colloid in which both phases are liquid.physical

  4. 4

    The coating of photosensitive silver halide grains in a thin gelatine layer on a photographic film.

verb
  1. 1

    To paint with emulsion paint.transitive

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