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Emulsion   /ɪmˈəlʃən/   Listen
Emulsion

noun
1.
(chemistry) a colloid in which both phases are liquids.
2.
A light-sensitive coating on paper or film; consists of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in a gelatin.  Synonym: photographic emulsion.





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"Emulsion" Quotes from Famous Books



... finger and thumb, and glanced over the poem. I have read much indifferent modern verse in my time—I sometimes take a slush-bath after tea at the club—but I could not have imagined the English language capable of such emulsion. It was execrable. The first couplet ...
— The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne • William J. Locke
... a dilute paraffin emulsion sprayed over infested leaves. Dissolve 1/4 lb. of soft soap in a gallon of water, add this while boiling to two gallons of paraffin, churn the whole with syringe or small pump for ten or fifteen minutes to make a perfect mixture. For spraying add 12 gallons of water to each gallon of the ...
— The Book of Pears and Plums • Edward Bartrum


Words linked to "Emulsion" :   silver nitrate, emulsify, silver bromide, chemical science, chemistry, photographic emulsion, coating, coat, colloid


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