Emulsion vs. Suspension

Emulsionnoun

A stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible.

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(chemistry) A colloid in which both phases are liquid.

Emulsionnoun

(photography) The coating of photosensitive silver halide grains in a thin gelatine layer on a photographic film.

Emulsionnoun

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.

Emulsionnoun

(chemistry) a colloid in which both phases are liquids;

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a light-sensitive coating on paper or film; consists of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in a gelatin

Emulsionnoun

a fine dispersion of minute droplets of one liquid in another in which it is not soluble or miscible

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a fine dispersion of one liquid or pureed food substance in another

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a type of paint used for walls, consisting of pigment bound in a synthetic resin which forms an emulsion with water

Emulsionnoun

a light-sensitive coating for photographic films and plates, containing crystals of a silver compound dispersed in a medium such as gelatin.

Emulsionverb

paint with emulsion

Emulsion

An emulsion is a mixture of two or more liquids that are normally immiscible (unmixable or unblendable) owing to liquid-liquid phase separation. Emulsions are part of a more general class of two-phase systems of matter called colloids.

Suspensionnoun

The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.

Suspensionnoun

A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.

Suspensionnoun

The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.

Suspensionnoun

The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow.

Suspensionnoun

The temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct.

Suspensionnoun

(education) The process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment (particularly out-of-school suspension).

Suspensionnoun

(music) The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects.

Suspensionnoun

A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the Lord Ordinary.

Suspensionnoun

(topology) A topological space derived from another by taking the product of the original space with an interval and collapsing each end of the product to a point.

Suspensionnoun

(topology) A function derived, in a standard way, from another, such that the instant function's domain and codomain are suspensions of the original function's.

Suspensionnoun

(vehicle) The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile, which allows the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.

Suspensionnoun

The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.

Suspensionnoun

Especially, temporary delay, interruption, or cessation

Suspensionnoun

A conditional withholding, interruption, or delay; as, the suspension of a payment on the performance of a condition.

Suspensionnoun

The state of a solid when its particles are mixed with, but undissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining; also, any substance in this state.

Suspensionnoun

A keeping of the hearer in doubt and in attentive expectation of what is to follow, or of what is to be the inference or conclusion from the arguments or observations employed.

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A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.

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The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects. Cf. Retardation.

Suspensionnoun

a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy

Suspensionnoun

a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

Suspensionnoun

temporary cessation or suspension

Suspensionnoun

an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

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a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle

Suspensionnoun

the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely);

Suspensionnoun

a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc)