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Colloid
Meaning
Adj
●
Glue-like; gelatinous.
Noun
●
In Chemistry:
A
stable
system of two
phases
, one of which is
dispersed
in the other in the form of very small
droplets
or particles.
●
In Meteorology:
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
).
●
In Geology:
A
particle
less than
1
micron
in
diameter
,
following
the Wentworth scale
Sourced from
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