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Meaning of Emulsion | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible.
  2. A colloid in which both phases are liquid.
    physical
  3. 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
Suomi emulsio kuvas
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.
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