Antonyms for emulsion

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ih-muhl-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmʌl ʃən

Definition of emulsion

Origin : 1610s, from French émulsion (16c.), from Modern Latin emulsionem (nominative emulsio), from emulsus, past participle of emulgere "to milk out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + mulgere "to milk" (see milk (n.)). Milk is a classic instance of an emulsion, drops of one liquid dispersed throughout another.

As in paint : noun tinted covering
As in solution : noun mixture of liquid and another substance
As in cream : noun lotion, oil

Example sentences :

If you use denatured alcohol, you are likely to have an emulsion as a result of the mixing.
Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

Pour the emulsion into the filter reservoir and start the filtration.
Extract from : « The Elements of Bacteriological Technique » by John William Henry Eyre

This emulsion is also excellent for the cabbage louse and many other insects.
Extract from : « The Cauliflower » by A. A. Crozier

The commencement of the saponification is denoted by the formation of an emulsion.
Extract from : « The Handbook of Soap Manufacture » by W. H. Simmons

The emulsion had been designed originally for infrared flash bulbs.
Extract from : « Smugglers' Reef » by John Blaine

Unhappily, all of the Scott's Emulsion advertising is not up to this standard.
Extract from : « The Great American Fraud » by Samuel Hopkins Adams

Protoplasm is rich in lipoids; probably it is mainly an emulsion of these and proteins.
Extract from : « The Organism as a Whole » by Jacques Loeb

For spraying, use one quart of the emulsion in fourteen quarts of water.
Extract from : « A Woman's Hardy Garden » by Helena Rutherfurd Ely

The presence of the caustic soda helped the forming of the emulsion.
Extract from : « A Civic Biology » by George William Hunter

The operation of milling, performed by rapidly twirling a notched cylinder of wood in the emulsion, raises the froth very quickly.
Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley

Synonyms for emulsion

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