emulsion

  1. Noun.  a stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible.
  2. Noun.  (chemistry) a colloid in which both phases are liquid.
  3. Noun.  the coating of photosensitive silver halide grains in a thin gelatine layer on a photographic film.

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