Colloid vs. Emulsion

Colloid and Emulsion Definitions
Colloid
A system in which finely divided particles, which are approximately 1 to 1,000 millimicrons in size, are dispersed within a continuous medium in a manner that prevents them from being filtered easily or settled rapidly.
Emulsion
A suspension of small globules of one liquid in a second liquid with which the first will not mix
An emulsion of oil in vinegar.
Colloid
The particulate matter so dispersed.
Emulsion
A photosensitive coating, usually of silver halide grains in a thin gelatin layer, on photographic film, paper, or glass.
Colloid
The gelatinous stored secretion of the thyroid gland, consisting mainly of thyroglobulin.
Emulsion
A stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible.
Mayonnaise is an emulsion where egg is used to keep oil and water mixed.
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Colloid
Gelatinous material resulting from degeneration in diseased tissue.
Emulsion
(chemistry) A colloid in which both phases are liquid.
Colloid
Of, relating to, containing, or having the nature of a colloid.
Emulsion
(photography) The coating of photosensitive silver halide grains in a thin gelatine layer on a photographic film.
Colloid
Glue-like; gelatinous.
Colloid tumours
Emulsion
Any liquid preparation of a color and consistency resembling milk; as: (a) In pharmacy, an extract of seeds, or a mixture of oil and water united by a mucilaginous substance. (b) In photography, a liquid preparation of collodion holding salt of silver, used in the photographic process.
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Colloid
(chemistry) A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.
Emulsion
(chemistry) a colloid in which both phases are liquids;
An oil-in-water emulsion
Colloid
(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).
Emulsion
A light-sensitive coating on paper or film; consists of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in a gelatin
Colloid
(geology) A particle less than 1 micron in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
Colloid
Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.
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Colloid
A substance (as albumin, gum, gelatin, etc.) which is of a gelatinous rather than a crystalline nature, and which diffuses itself through animal membranes or vegetable parchment more slowly than crystalloids do; - opposed to crystalloid.
Colloid
A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer.
Colloid
A mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension