| NOUN | substance | colloid | a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension |
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| Sounds | kaa'loyd | |
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| Rhymes | adenoid ... void: 38 rhymes with oyd... | |
| Meaning | A mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension. | |
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| Category of | dispersed phase, dispersed particles | (of colloids) a substance in the colloidal state |
| dispersing phase, dispersion medium, dispersing medium | (of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed | |
| Narrower | emulsion | (chemistry) a colloid in which both phases are liquids / liquids |
| gel, colloidal gel | A colloid in a more solid form than a sol | |
| silica gel | A porous form of silica that is highly absorbent | |
| silver protein | A colloid preparation of protein (albumin or gelatin) and silver oxide | |
| sol, colloidal solution, colloidal suspension | A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid / liquid | |
| Broader | mixture | (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding) |
| Spanish | coloide | |
| Catalan | col·loide, coloide | |
| Adjectives | colloidal | of or relating to or having the properties of a colloid |
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