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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024e•mul•sion /ɪˈmʌlʃən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Chemistrya mixture containing liquids that do not usually stay mixed.
- Photographya chemical substance that is thinly applied to one surface of a photographic film to make it sensitive to light.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024e•mul•sion (i mul′shən),USA pronunciation n. - Chemistry[Physical Chem.]any colloidal suspension of a liquid in another liquid.
- Clothingsuch a suspension used in cosmetics.
- Drugs[Pharm.]a liquid preparation consisting of two completely immiscible liquids, one of which, as minute globules coated by a gum or other mucilaginous substance, is dispersed throughout the other: used as a means of making a medicine palatable.
- Photographya composition sensitive to some or all of the actinic rays of light, consisting of one or more of the silver halides suspended in gelatin, applied in a thin layer to one surface of a film or the like.
- Neo-Latin ēmulsiōn- (stem of ēmulsiō), equivalent. to Latin ēmuls(us) milked out (ē- e- + mulsus, past participle of mulgēre to milk) + -iōn- -ion
- 1605–15
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: emulsion /ɪˈmʌlʃən/ n - a light-sensitive coating on a base, such as paper or film, consisting of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in gelatine
- a colloid in which both phases are liquids: an oil-in-water emulsion
- Also called: emulsion paint a type of paint in which the pigment is suspended in a vehicle, usually a synthetic resin, that is dispersed in water as an emulsion. It usually gives a mat finish
- a mixture in which an oily medicine is dispersed in another liquid
- any liquid resembling milk
Etymology: 17th Century: from New Latin ēmulsiō, from Latin ēmulsus milked out, from ēmulgēre to milk out, drain out, from mulgēre to milkeˈmulsive adj |