Gel vs. Emulsion

Gelnoun

A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.

Gelnoun

Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.

Gelnoun

(British) A girl.

Gelverb

(transitive) To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).

Gelverb

(intransitive) To become a gel.

Gelverb

(intransitive) To develop a rapport.

Gelnoun

a colloid in a more solid form than a sol

Gelnoun

a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects

Gelverb

become a gel;

Gelverb

apply a styling gel to;

Gelnoun

a a thick, clear, slightly sticky substance, especially one used in cosmetic or medicinal products

Gelnoun

a semi-solid colloidal suspension of a solid dispersed in a liquid.

Gelnoun

a semi-rigid slab or cylinder of an organic polymer used as a medium for the separation of macromolecules.

Gelnoun

an upper-class or well-bred girl or young woman

Gelverb

(of a liquid or semi-liquid substance) set or become more solid

Gelverb

form into a gel

Gelverb

(of a project or idea) take a definite form or begin to work well

Gelverb

(of people) work well together

Gelverb

apply gel to (the hair)

Gel

A gel is a semi-solid that can have properties ranging from soft and weak to hard and tough. Gels are defined as a substantially dilute cross-linked system, which exhibits no flow when in the steady-state.

Emulsionnoun

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

Emulsionnoun

(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;

Emulsionnoun

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

Emulsionnoun

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

Emulsionnoun

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.