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# emulsion

noun (an emulsion, emulsions; also uncountable)

«emulsion» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A mixture of two liquids that do not usually mix, such as oil and water, where tiny drops of one are spread through the other. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emulsion/#m1)
2. (UK) Emulsion paint: a water-based paint for walls and ceilings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emulsion/#m2)
3. The light-sensitive coating on old photographic film. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emulsion/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science, emulsions show mixtures: mayonnaise, milk and salad dressing are emulsions; shaking oil and vinegar makes a short-lived one, and egg yolk helps hold it together. In everyday British life, people paint walls with «white emulsion». Phrases: «oil and water emulsion», «matt emulsion».

### Examples

- Mayonnaise is an emulsion of oil and egg yolk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emulsion/#x1)
- Shake the dressing to make an emulsion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emulsion/#x2)
- Milk is an emulsion of fat in water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emulsion/#x3)
- The oil and vinegar separated when the emulsion settled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emulsion/#x4)
- Dad painted the ceiling with white emulsion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emulsion/#x5)
- Old cameras used film with a light-sensitive emulsion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emulsion/#x6)

### Note

Countable or uncountable. Pronounced «ee-MUL-shun». Verb: emulsify; an emulsifier helps the two liquids stay mixed. In science, an emulsion is a type of mixture, not a solution: the liquids do not dissolve in each other.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «emulsion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/emulsion/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«emulsion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/emulsion.html) on Mova free.