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  • noun Plural form of emulsion.

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Examples

  • The products have improved functionality such as water binding and emulsifying properties in emulsions such as dairy cream and mayonnaise.

    Archive 2007-12-01 Steve Carper 2007

  • The products have improved functionality such as water binding and emulsifying properties in emulsions such as dairy cream and mayonnaise.

    New Dairy-Free Treats Stem from Scottish Science Steve Carper 2007

  • Many vinaigrettes are temporary emulsions, which is to say that you can get the oil and vinegar to combine into a smooth sauce for a while, but it will eventually "break" or separate back into a pool of oil sitting on top of a layer of vinegar.

    Politics Francis Lam 2010

  • In order to fill this gap, the Birmingham-based researchers prepared water-in-oil emulsions, meaning a continuous phase of cocoa butter with a dispersed water phase.

    NutraIngredients RSS 2009

  • Film has proved itself an indispensable Global English word, even where it no longer has anything to do with films, or “coatings” of light-sensitive emulsions applied to plastic, or coatings of any kind.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • Film has proved itself an indispensable Global English word, even where it no longer has anything to do with films, or “coatings” of light-sensitive emulsions applied to plastic, or coatings of any kind.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • The soil was prepared beforehand, maneur, B&B, a water of gentle seaweed and fish emulsions, left to sit for a fortnight before the tree was planted.

    Today's Garden 2009

  • From foams and emulsions, to gelatin and polymer melts, first without knowing the chemistry behind most of his original creations, he continued to investigate further into the actual chemical and physical processes, manipulating them with hydro-colloids and techniques like spherification, to push the limits of modern cuisine.

    Patricia Brizzio: Food for Thought: Can Design In Food Reach New Potentials? Patricia Brizzio 2011

  • No chemical analysis of the emulsions on the glass plates.

    David Schonauer: The Lost Ansel Adams Negatives: 10 Essential Plot Points David Schonauer 2010

  • Layers of emulsions and foam had all the tricks of modern cuisine and all the taste of traditional Italy.

    Best of the Food Fest Kathleen Squires 2012

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