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Webster 1913 Edition


Emulsion

E-mul′sion

,
Noun.
[From L.
emulgere
,
emulsum
: cf. F.
émulsion
. 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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Emulsion

EMUL'SION

,
Noun.
[L. emulsus, emulgeo, to milk out.]
A soft liquid remedy of a color and consistence resembling milk; any milk-like mixture prepared by uniting oil and water, by means of another substance, saccharine or mucilaginous.

Definition 2024


emulsión

emulsión

See also: emulsion, Emulsion, and émulsion

Spanish

Noun

emulsión f (plural emulsiones)

  1. emulsion
  2. emulsion paint

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