emulsion

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  1. noun A suspension of small globules of one liquid in a second liquid with which the first will not mix: an emulsion of oil in vinegar.
  2. noun A photosensitive coating, usually of silver halide grains in a thin gelatin layer, on photographic film, paper, or glass.

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  • "However, this emulsion is lower fat and can be combined with topical seasonings." —  FoodQualityNews RSS
  • "Pectin, an economic thickening and gelling agent that has recently been found to show emulsifying properties in an oil-in-water (O / W) emulsion could be a promising replacer for gelatin." —  FoodNavigator RSS
  • - University of Michigan scientists report highly encouraging evidence that a super-fine oil-and-water emulsion, already shown to kill many other microbes, may be able to quell the ravaging, often drug-resistant infections that cause nearly all cystic fibrosis deaths. —  Media Newswire
  • At this point you have a very stable emulsion, and you can continue to add oil - theoretically, you could add quite a bit more, according to Harold McGee, another mayonnaise-happy chemist, as long as the ratio of oil to water-based ingredients is 3 to 1 by volume - to the sauce without it breaking.
  • So fish emulsion, a natural fertilizer, will have 5-1-1 on its label, indicating it has five parts nitrogen to one part phosphorous and one part potassium. —  Gazette.com :
 

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  1. New Latin ēmulsiō, ēmulsiōn-, from Latin ēmulsus, past participle of ēmulgēre, to milk out : ē-, ex-, ex- + mulgēre, to milk; see melg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Old French emulsion, French émulsion = Spanish emulsion = Portuguese emulsão = Italian emulsione, from Latin as if *emulsio(n-), from emulsus, past participle of emulgere, milk out, drain out: see emulge.
 

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