coloide — meaning in English
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English meaning
- colloid noun A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.
Senses
coloide is used for these senses in English:
colloid — full definition
- noun A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.
- noun 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).
- noun A particle less than 1 micron in diameter, following the Wentworth scale