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Synonyms for emulsion

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-muhl-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmʌl ʃən

Top 10 synonyms for emulsion
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Définition of emulsion

Origin :
  • 1610s, from French émulsion (16c.), from Modern Latin emulsionem (nominative emulsio), from emulsus, past participle of emulgere "to milk out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + mulgere "to milk" (see milk (n.)). Milk is a classic instance of an emulsion, drops of one liquid dispersed throughout another.
  • As in paint : noun tinted covering
  • As in solution : noun mixture of liquid and another substance
  • As in cream : noun lotion, oil
Example sentences :
  • If you use denatured alcohol, you are likely to have an emulsion as a result of the mixing.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
  • Pour the emulsion into the filter reservoir and start the filtration.
  • Extract from : « The Elements of Bacteriological Technique » by John William Henry Eyre
  • This emulsion is also excellent for the cabbage louse and many other insects.
  • Extract from : « The Cauliflower » by A. A. Crozier
  • The commencement of the saponification is denoted by the formation of an emulsion.
  • Extract from : « The Handbook of Soap Manufacture » by W. H. Simmons
  • The emulsion had been designed originally for infrared flash bulbs.
  • Extract from : « Smugglers' Reef » by John Blaine
  • Unhappily, all of the Scott's Emulsion advertising is not up to this standard.
  • Extract from : « The Great American Fraud » by Samuel Hopkins Adams
  • Protoplasm is rich in lipoids; probably it is mainly an emulsion of these and proteins.
  • Extract from : « The Organism as a Whole » by Jacques Loeb
  • For spraying, use one quart of the emulsion in fourteen quarts of water.
  • Extract from : « A Woman's Hardy Garden » by Helena Rutherfurd Ely
  • The presence of the caustic soda helped the forming of the emulsion.
  • Extract from : « A Civic Biology » by George William Hunter
  • The operation of milling, performed by rapidly twirling a notched cylinder of wood in the emulsion, raises the froth very quickly.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley

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