Emulsion
noun
A mixture of two liquids that don't usually mix, for example oil and water.
Mayonnaise is an emulsion of oil and vinegar.
Often appears as...
- oil-in-water emulsion
- water-in-oil emulsion
noun
A type of paint that dries to a smooth finish.
I'm going to use emulsion paint for the walls in the living room.
Often appears as...
- emulsion paint
- apply emulsion
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A photo-sensitive coating found on films and plates in photography.
The film emulsion captures the image when exposed to light.
Often appears as...
- film emulsion
- emulsion side
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A mixture of two liquids that don't usually mix, for example oil and water.
Mayonnaise is an emulsion of oil and vinegar.
Often appears as...
- oil-in-water emulsion
- water-in-oil emulsion
noun
A type of paint that dries to a smooth finish.
I'm going to use emulsion paint for the walls in the living room.
Often appears as...
- emulsion paint
- apply emulsion
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A photo-sensitive coating found on films and plates in photography.
The film emulsion captures the image when exposed to light.
Often appears as...
- film emulsion
- emulsion side
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Food context
Used often when discussing cooking and food like sauces and dressings.
Chef prepared a garlic emulsion to accompany the fish.
Pro Tip 2/3Scientific usage
In science, emulsions are studied for their properties and behavior.
The lab report discussed the stability of the oil-in-water emulsion.
Pro Tip 3/3Cosmetic products
Emulsion is a common term in the beauty industry for creams and lotions.
This facial emulsion is lightweight and perfect for oily skin.
Pro Tip 1/3Food context
Used often when discussing cooking and food like sauces and dressings.
Chef prepared a garlic emulsion to accompany the fish.
Pro Tip 2/3Scientific usage
In science, emulsions are studied for their properties and behavior.
The lab report discussed the stability of the oil-in-water emulsion.
Pro Tip 3/3Cosmetic products
Emulsion is a common term in the beauty industry for creams and lotions.
This facial emulsion is lightweight and perfect for oily skin.
Pro Tip 1/3Food context
Used often when discussing cooking and food like sauces and dressings.
Chef prepared a garlic emulsion to accompany the fish.
Pro Tip 2/3Scientific usage
In science, emulsions are studied for their properties and behavior.
The lab report discussed the stability of the oil-in-water emulsion.
Pro Tip 3/3Cosmetic products
Emulsion is a common term in the beauty industry for creams and lotions.
This facial emulsion is lightweight and perfect for oily skin.
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William Noel: Revealing...
And if you look at this photograph carefully, the bottom half of this is rather brown. And that glue is hide glue. Now if you're a conservator, you can take off this glue reasonably easily. The top half is Elmer's wood glue. It's polyvinyl acetate emulsion that doesn't dissolve in water once it's dry.
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The chemistry of cookies...
the butter inside melts, causing the dough to start spreading out. Butter is an emulsion, or mixture of two substances that don't want to stay together, in this case, water and fat, along with some dairy solids that help hold them together. As the butter melts, its trapped water is released.
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What's in Conditioner? PIPE...
coconut oil for fragrance I've got peppermint and rosemary essential oils because they smell delightful now all these ingredients are fattier oily and since I don't want to be rubbing pure fatty oily stuff into my hair I'm gonna make an oil in water emulsion which is basically salad
Video examples
William Noel: Revealing...
And if you look at this photograph carefully, the bottom half of this is rather brown. And that glue is hide glue. Now if you're a conservator, you can take off this glue reasonably easily. The top half is Elmer's wood glue. It's polyvinyl acetate emulsion that doesn't dissolve in water once it's dry.
Video examples
The chemistry of cookies...
the butter inside melts, causing the dough to start spreading out. Butter is an emulsion, or mixture of two substances that don't want to stay together, in this case, water and fat, along with some dairy solids that help hold them together. As the butter melts, its trapped water is released.
Video examples
What's in Conditioner? PIPE...
coconut oil for fragrance I've got peppermint and rosemary essential oils because they smell delightful now all these ingredients are fattier oily and since I don't want to be rubbing pure fatty oily stuff into my hair I'm gonna make an oil in water emulsion which is basically salad
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Quote examples
Barry Jenkins
American Director
Cinema is a little over 100 years old, and a lot of what we do is built around film emulsion. Those things were calibrated for white skin. We've always placed powder on skin to dull the light. But my memory of growing up in Miami is this moist, beautiful black skin.
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Steve Aoki
American Musician
I have been doing merch' since I was 15 and in bands when I was a teenager - silk-screening shirts, making the emulsion in my mom's closet I converted into a dark room, through college. That's essentially how us bands survived was selling homemade t-shirts.
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Penn Jillette
American Entertainer
My body really, really wanted to reproduce when I was 15. It took a lot of civilization, socialization, willpower and some emulsion polymerization technology for me not to reproduce at 15.
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Keanu Reeves
Canadian Actor
When we talk about how movies used to be made, it was over 100 years of film, literal, physical film, with emulsion, that we would expose to light and we would get pictures.
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Samin Nosrat
American Chef
I love mayonnaise. It's one of the first lessons I teach my cooking students. Turning eggs and oil into an emulsion - that creamy, satisfying third thing - feels like magic.
Quote examples
Barry Jenkins
American Director
Cinema is a little over 100 years old, and a lot of what we do is built around film emulsion. Those things were calibrated for white skin. We've always placed powder on skin to dull the light. But my memory of growing up in Miami is this moist, beautiful black skin.
Quote examples
Steve Aoki
American Musician
I have been doing merch' since I was 15 and in bands when I was a teenager - silk-screening shirts, making the emulsion in my mom's closet I converted into a dark room, through college. That's essentially how us bands survived was selling homemade t-shirts.
Quote examples
Penn Jillette
American Entertainer
My body really, really wanted to reproduce when I was 15. It took a lot of civilization, socialization, willpower and some emulsion polymerization technology for me not to reproduce at 15.
Quote examples
Keanu Reeves
Canadian Actor
When we talk about how movies used to be made, it was over 100 years of film, literal, physical film, with emulsion, that we would expose to light and we would get pictures.
Quote examples
Samin Nosrat
American Chef
I love mayonnaise. It's one of the first lessons I teach my cooking students. Turning eggs and oil into an emulsion - that creamy, satisfying third thing - feels like magic.
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