colloid
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English
Etymology
From French colloïde, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) + -oid.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɒlɔɪd/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
colloid (comparative more colloid, superlative most colloid)
- Glue-like; gelatinous.
- colloid tumours
Noun
colloid (plural colloids)
- (physical chemistry) A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.
- (meteorology) An intimate mixture of two substances, one of which, called the dispersed phase (or colloid), is uniformly distributed in a finely divided state throughout the second substance, called the dispersion medium (or dispersing medium).
- (geology) A particle less than 1 micron in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
Derived terms
Translations
stable system of two phases
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