emulsion

See also: émulsion, emulsión, and Emulsion

English

Borrowed from French émulsion, from New Latin ēmulsiō (“ēmulsiō, ēmulsiōnis”), based on Latin ēmulgeō (“I milk out, extract”).

emulsion (plural emulsions)

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

Mayonnaise is an emulsion where egg is used to keep oil and water mixed.
(chemistry) A colloid in which both phases are liquid.
(photography) The coating of photosensitive silver halide grains in a thin gelatine layer on a photographic film.

suspension of one liquid in another

emulsion

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