单词 | emulsion |
释义 | emulsionn.ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1612 |
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