What is another word for Emulsions?

Pronunciation: [ɪmˈʌlʃənz] (IPA)

Emulsions are mixtures of two or more liquids that do not typically mix together. They often contain one liquid dispersed throughout another liquid in small droplets or particles. Emulsions can have various synonyms depending on the context of their application. Some common alternatives for the word emulsion include suspension, mixture, dispersion, solution, colloid, and blend. These words can be used to describe a wide range of emulsions, from salad dressing to paint to photographic film. Each term offers a slightly different nuance or connotation, but all refer to a combination of two or more liquids that have been blended together in a stable state.

What are the hypernyms for Emulsions?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Emulsions

Various forms of apparatus following this general type were made, but they were all open to the serious objection that the very rapid Emulsions employed were relatively coarse-grained and prevented the securing of sharp pictures of microscopic size.
"Edison, His Life and Inventions"
Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
Its Seeds have sometimes been directed in cooling Emulsions.
"Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health"
Samuel Auguste David Tissot
I was newly arrived, however, and I hadn't acquired the ethics yet; and, besides, I had contracted a bad cold and had been taking a number of things for it and for the moment was, as you might say, full of conflicting Emulsions.
"Roughing it De Luxe"
Irvin S. Cobb

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