Meaning of Emulsion | Babel Free
Definitions
- A stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible.
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A colloid in which both phases are liquid. physical
- The coating of photosensitive silver halide grains in a thin gelatine layer on a photographic film.
Equivalents
Català
emulsió
Čeština
emulze
Deutsch
Emulsion
Ελληνικά
γαλάκτωμα
Español
emulsión
Français
émulsion
Gaeilge
eibleacht
हिन्दी
पायस
Magyar
emulzió
Bahasa Indonesia
emulsi
Íslenska
þeyta
Italiano
emulsione
한국어
유화액
Nederlands
emulsie
Polski
emulsja
Português
emulsão
Română
emulsie
Русский
эмульсия
Svenska
emulsion
Tagalog
lapunaw
Examples
“Mayonnaise is an emulsion where egg is used to keep oil and water mixed.”
“When an ultrasonic beam is fired at the microcannons, the emulsion evaporates, expanding rapidly into gas. This creates enough force to push the nanobullets out at velocities reaching several metres per second.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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