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emulsify, v.|ɪˈmʌlsɪfaɪ|
[f. L. ēmuls- ppl. stem of ēmulgē-re to milk out + -ify.]
trans. To convert into an emulsion. Also absol.
1859Todd Cycl. Anat. V. 106/1 The fat had..been minutely subdivided and emulsified. 1881Times 4 Jan. 3/5 Dr. Maddox obtained sensitive photographic plates by emulsifying bromide of silver in liquid gelatine.
Hence eˈmulsifying vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1875H. Wood Therap. (1879) 442 No emulsifying substance was contained in the intestine. 1876Foster Phys. ii. i. (1879) 231 Bile..has by itself a slight..emulsifying power. 1883Taylor Hardwick's Photogr. Chem. 378 He prefers emulsifying with a very small quantity of it. |