emulsion

Borrowed from French émulsion, from New Latin ēmulsiō, ēmulsiōnis, based on Latin ēmulgeō (“I milk out, extract”).

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emulsion (plural emulsions)

1. 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.

   • 2016 February 1, Tom Whipple, “Microcannon firing nanobullets: the future of targeted medicine”, in The Times‎^[1]:

     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.

2. (physical chemistry) A colloid in which both phases are liquid.
3. (photography) The coating of photosensitive silver halide grains in a thin gelatine layer on a photographic film.

• emulsifier

emulsion (third-person singular simple present emulsions, present participle emulsioning, simple past and past participle emulsioned)

1. (transitive) To paint with emulsion paint.

• emulsion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• moulines

emulsion c (singular definite emulsionen, plural indefinite emulsioner)

1. emulsion

• “emulsion” in Den Danske Ordbog

emulsion

1. genitive singular of emulsio

emulsion c

1. an emulsion

   Majonnäs och margarin är emulsioner

   Mayonnaise and margarine are emulsions

• emulgera (“emulsify”)

• emulsion in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• emulsion in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• emulsion in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)