emulsion
emulsion noun: a stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible.
Noun
emulsion (plural emulsions)
- A stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible.
- 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.2016 February 1, Tom Whipple, “Microcannon firing nanobullets: the future of targeted medicine”, in The Times
- A food preparation in which one or more ingredients are made into an emulsion.
- a potato and cheese emulsion
- A colloid in which both phases are liquid.
- The coating of photosensitive silver halide grains in a thin gelatine layer on a photographic film.
Verb
emulsion (third-person singular simple present emulsions, present participle emulsioning, simple past and past participle emulsioned)
- To paint with emulsion paint.
emulsion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
emulsion in Hindi
- suspension of one liquid in another
- पायस pāyas
emulsion in Tamil
- பசைக்குழம்பு, பால்மம், குழைவு, பசைப் பூச்சு, கூழ், எண்ணெய்க் கரைசல்
emulsion in Malayalam
- പയസ്യ, ക്ഷീരപ്രായ ഔഷധം, മിശ്രിതം
emulsion in Kannada
- ಕದಡುಗೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- emulsion in Tagalog
- lapunaw
- emulsion in Arabic
- مُسْتَحْلَب mustaḥlab
- emulsion in Malay
- emulsi
- emulsion in Indonesian
- emulsi
Examples of emulsion in a sentence
- This is an example of the Clayden effect shown by certain photographic emulsions.
- This sauce is an emulsion, meaning it won’t separate after you mix it up.
- When an ultrasonic beam is fired at the microcannons, the emulsion evaporates, expanding rapidly into gas.
Forms of emulsion
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | emulsions |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | emulsions |
| present participle | emulsioning |
| past participle | emulsioned |
| past | emulsioned |
Origin of emulsion
Borrowed from French émulsion, from New Latin ēmulsiō, ēmulsiōnis, based on Latin ēmulgeō (“to milk out, extract”).
Words formed from emulsion
Phrases with emulsion
Questions about emulsion
- What does emulsion mean?
- Emulsion means a stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible.
- What is emulsion in Hindi?
- Emulsion in Hindi is पायस (pāyas). See Emulsion meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is emulsion?
- Emulsion can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of emulsion?
- The plural of emulsion is emulsions.
Words near emulsion in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: emulsion (page history and authors); emulsion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emulsion (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); emulsion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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