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- DictionaryE·mul·sion/əˈməlSH(ə)n/
noun
- 1. a fine dispersion of minute droplets of one liquid in another in which it is not soluble or miscible.
- 2. a water-based paint used for walls. British
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An emulsion is a mixture of two or more liquids that are normally immiscible owing to liquid-liquid phase separation. Emulsions are part of a more general class of two-phase systems of matter called colloids. Although the terms colloid and emulsion are sometimes used interchangeably, emulsion should be used when both phases, dispersed and continuous, are liquids. In an emulsion, one liquid (the di... Wikipedia