emulsifyverb [ I or T ]
uk/ɪˈmʌl.sɪ.faɪ/us/ɪˈmʌl.sə.faɪ/If two liquids emulsify or are emulsified, they combine and become a smooth mixture.
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Physical & chemical processes
- addition reaction
- adiabatic
- adsorb
- advection
- alpha decay
- corrode
- degradable
- diffraction
- dissolve
- exothermic reaction
- impregnate
- processus
- redox
- refraction
- rehydrate
- saponification
- scald
- secretion
- suction
- the carbon cycle
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Examples from literature
- Combined with the bile, this juice acts upon the large drops of fat which pass from the stomach into the duodenum and emulsifies them.