Emulsion vs. Solution

Emulsionnoun

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.’;

Solutionnoun

A homogeneous mixture, which may be liquid, gas or solid, formed by dissolving one or more substances.

Emulsionnoun

(chemistry) A colloid in which both phases are liquid.

Solutionnoun

An act, plan or other means, used or proposed, to solve a problem.

Emulsionnoun

(photography) The coating of photosensitive silver halide grains in a thin gelatine layer on a photographic film.

Solutionnoun

The answer to a problem.

Emulsionnoun

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.

Solutionnoun

(marketing) A product, service or suite thereof.

Emulsionnoun

(chemistry) a colloid in which both phases are liquids;

‘an oil-in-water emulsion’;

Solutionnoun

Satisfaction of a claim or debt.

Emulsionnoun

a light-sensitive coating on paper or film; consists of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in a gelatin

Solutionnoun

The act of dissolving, especially of a solid by a fluid; dissolution.

Emulsionnoun

a fine dispersion of minute droplets of one liquid in another in which it is not soluble or miscible

‘oil beaten to an emulsion with a half tablespoonful of vinegar’;

Solutionnoun

The act of separating the parts of any body, or the condition of undergoing a separation of parts; disruption; breach.

‘In all bodies there is an appetite of union and evitation of solution of continuity.’;

Emulsionnoun

a fine dispersion of one liquid or pureed food substance in another

‘ravioli with pea and ginger emulsion’;

Solutionnoun

The act of solving, or the state of being solved; the disentanglement of any intricate problem or difficult question; explanation; clearing up; - used especially in mathematics, either of the process of solving an equation or problem, or the result of the process.

Emulsionnoun

a type of paint used for walls, consisting of pigment bound in a synthetic resin which forms an emulsion with water

‘three coats of white emulsion’;

Solutionnoun

The state of being dissolved or disintegrated; resolution; disintegration.

‘It is unquestionably an enterprise of more promise to assail the nations in their hour of faintness and solution, than at a time when magnificent and seductive systems of worship were at their height of energy and splendor.’;

Emulsionnoun

a light-sensitive coating for photographic films and plates, containing crystals of a silver compound dispersed in a medium such as gelatin.

Solutionnoun

The act or process by which a body (whether solid, liquid, or gaseous) is absorbed into a liquid, and, remaining or becoming fluid, is diffused throughout the solvent; also, the product resulting from such absorption.

Emulsionverb

paint with emulsion

‘if the lining paper is not opaque, the wall should also be emulsioned’;

Solutionnoun

Release; deliverance; discharge.

Emulsion

An emulsion is a mixture of two or more liquids that are normally immiscible (unmixable or unblendable) owing to liquid-liquid phase separation. Emulsions are part of a more general class of two-phase systems of matter called colloids.

Solutionnoun

The termination of a disease; resolution.

Solutionnoun

a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution;

‘he used a solution of peroxide and water’;

Solutionnoun

a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem;

‘they were trying to find a peaceful solution’; ‘the answers were in the back of the book’; ‘he computed the result to four decimal places’;

Solutionnoun

a method for solving a problem;

‘the easy solution is to look it up in the handbook’;

Solutionnoun

the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation

Solutionnoun

the successful action of solving a problem;

‘the solution took three hours’;