Meaning of EMULSION
| Pronunciation: | | i'mulshun
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- [n] a light-sensitive coating on paper or film; consists of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in a gelatin
- [n] (chemistry) a colloid in which both phases are liquids; "an oil-in-water emulsion"
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| | Synonyms: | | photographic emulsion |
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| | See Also: | | coat, coating, colloid, silver bromide, silver nitrate | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \E*mul"sion\, n. [From L. emulgere, emulsum: cf. F.
['e]mulsion. See {Emulge}.]
Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling
milk; as:
(a) In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and
water united by a mucilaginous substance.
(b) In photography, a liquid preparation of collodion holding
salt of silver, used in the photographic process.
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| | Definition: | | A mixture of two normally unmixable liquids (e.g., oil and water) in which one is colloidally suspended in the other (one exists as tiny particles within the other). |
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| | Related Terms: | | backing, bibliofilm, bipack, black-and-white film, cartridge, colloid, colloider, color film, color negative film, dope, dry plate, emulsification, emulsifier, emulsoid, film, frame, microfilm, monochromatic film, motion-picture film, negative, orthochromatic film, pack, panchromatic film, photographic paper, plate, printing paper, roll, sound film, sound track, sound-on-film, soundstripe, tripack, vehicle |
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