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单词 emulsion
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emulsionn.

/ɪˈmʌlʃən/
Forms: Also 1600s emulction.
Etymology: < modern Latin ēmulsiōn-em, noun of action < Latin ēmulgēre to milk out. In French émulsion.
1. The action of ‘milking out’. figurative. Cf. emulge v.
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society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > drawing out forcibly
emulsion1658
emulgence1674
1658 J. Robinson Endoxa Pref. 4 My wished end is, by gentle concussion, the emulsion of truth.
2. (See quot. 1657.) Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > [noun] > treatment of seed
emulsion1657
seed treatment1890
pregermination1942
biofortification1999
1657 Physical Dict. Emulsions, the steeping or dissolution by steeping of any seeds or kernels in liquor till it come to the thickness of a jelly.
3. (a) A milky liquid obtained by bruising almonds, etc. in water. (b) Pharmacology. ‘A milky liquid, consisting of water holding in suspension minute particles of oil or resin by the aid of some albuminous or gummy material’ ( New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon). Also attributive.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > semi-fluidity > [noun] > emulsion
emulsion1612
macroemulsion1975
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines of specific form > gums and viscid products > [noun]
guma1382
mucilagea1400
mummya1400
mummia?a1425
emulsion1612
mucage1657
1612 P. Pomarius Enchiridion Med. (new ed.) ii. 138 Also an emulction prepared of Almonds.
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 69 in Sylva Emulsions of the cooler seeds bruis'd.
1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 22 Gourd Melons..are chiefly us'd for Emulsions.
1875 C. Darwin Insectivorous Plants vi. 127 Leaves immersed in an emulsion of starch.
1880 Nature 4 Mar. 436/1 A special arrangement upon a gelatine emulsion plate.
4. Photography. A mixture consisting of a silver compound held in suspension in collodion or gelatin, used in coating plates, films, etc. Also attributive.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > chemicals > [noun] > emulsion or sensitizer
emulsion1840
collodion1851
sensitizer1854
nitrate bath1858
collodio-bromide1864
organifier1873
silver bath1878
bromide emulsion1885
silver1891
sensibilizer1900
panchromatic1906
nuclear emulsion1949
1840 J. F. W. Herschel in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 130 8 My first attention was directed to the discovery of a liquid, or emulsion, which by a single application, whether by dipping or brushing over, should communicate the desired quality [of sensitiveness].
1877 English Mechanic 23 Nov. 261/2 Emulsions..consisting of collodion and silver, ready for pouring upon plates.
1878 W. de W. Abney Treat. Photogr. xvi. 115 All the different varieties of the emulsion processes.
1878 W. de W. Abney Treat. Photogr. xxii. 153 If a glass plate has to be coated with the emulsion, the same directions as those given for coating emulsion plates should be followed.
1880 [see sense 3].
1908 Westm. Gaz. 18 Jan. 14/2 The emulsion side of the film or plate.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 25 July 14/2 This positive can be made on a silver emulsion plate.
1958 Newnes Compl. Amateur Photogr. 75 Individual semi-rigid sheets of thicker, transparent film, emulsion-coated, designed for darkroom loading into film-holders.

Compounds

emulsion paint n. a water-thinned paint containing a non-volatile substance, e.g. synthetic resin, as its binding medium.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > painting or coating materials > [noun] > paint > types of
whitewash?1584
rough stuff1841
enamel paint1865
tempera1883
surfacer1885
Bitumastic1889
plastic paint1925
spray-paint1928
emulsion paint1939
Snowcem1939
Day-Glo1944
Artex1952
latex1954
matt1977
1939–40 Army & Navy Stores Catal. 238/2 Hall's distemper. Oil-emulsion paint.
1944 G. M. Sutheim in J. J. Mattiello Protect. & Decorat. Coatings IV. xi. 331 Emulsion paint is a surface coating in which the vehicle is an emulsion.
1944 G. M. Sutheim in J. J. Mattiello Protect. & Decorat. Coatings IV. xi. 333 The main difference between emulsion paint and ordinary or improved water paints is the fact that emulsion paints form continuous hydrophobic films on drying.
1958 Woman 22 Feb. 2/1 Emulsion paint goes over old emulsion.
1960 House & Garden June 72/1 Emulsion paints..need no special undercoat, are speedy to apply, dry in a few hours.
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