emulsion

See also: émulsion, emulsión, and Emulsion

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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.

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.

Derived terms

• asphalt emulsion
• double emulsion
• emulsify
• emulsion paint
• emulsion polymerization
• photographic emulsion
• solid emulsion

 

Related terms

• emulsifier

Translations

suspension of one liquid in another

• Bulgarian: емулсия (bg) f (emulsija)
• Catalan: emulsió f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 乳濁液／乳浊液 (zh) (rǔzhuóyè)

• Crimean Tatar: emulsiya
• Czech: emulze f
• Danish: emulsion (da) c
• Dutch: emulsie (nl) f
• Finnish: emulsio (fi)
• French: émulsion (fr) f
• German: Emulsion (de) f
• Greek: γαλάκτωμα (el) n (galáktoma)
• Hindi: पायस (hi) m (pāyas)
• Icelandic: þeyta f
• Indonesian: emulsi (id)
• Irish: eibleacht f
• Italian: emulsione (it)
• Malay: emulsi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: emulsjon m

  Nynorsk: emulsjon m

• Polish: emulsja (pl) f
• Portuguese: emulsão (pt) f
• Romanian: emulsie (ro) f
• Russian: эму́льсия (ru) f (emúlʹsija)
• Spanish: emulsión (es) f
• Swedish: emulsion (sv) c
• Tagalog: lapunaw
• Welsh: emylsiwn m

coating of photosensitive layer on a photographic film

• Hungarian: emulzió (hu)

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To paint with emulsion paint.

Further reading

• emulsion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• moulines

Danish

Noun

emulsion c (singular definite emulsionen, plural indefinite emulsioner)

1. emulsion

Declension

Declension of emulsion

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	emulsion	emulsionen	emulsioner	emulsionerne
genitive	emulsions	emulsionens	emulsioners	emulsionernes

Further reading

• “emulsion” in Den Danske Ordbog

Finnish

Noun

emulsion

1. genitive singular of emulsio

Swedish

Noun

emulsion c

1. an emulsion

   Majonnäs och margarin är emulsioner

   Mayonnaise and margarine are emulsions

Declension

Declension of emulsion

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	emulsion	emulsions
	definite	emulsionen	emulsionens
plural	indefinite	emulsioner	emulsioners
	definite	emulsionerna	emulsionernas

Related terms

• emulgera (“emulsify”)

References

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