"colloid" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɒlɔɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-colloid.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more colloid [comparative], most colloid [superlative]
Etymology: From French colloïde, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) + -oid. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|colloïde}} French colloïde, {{uder|en|grc|κόλλα||glue}} Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”), {{m|en|-oid}} -oid Head templates: {{en-adj}} colloid (comparative more colloid, superlative most colloid)
  1. Glue-like; gelatinous. Categories (topical): Matter
    Sense id: en-colloid-en-adj-SrpapR7a Disambiguation of Matter: 11 25 33 31 Categories (other): English terms with collocations

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒlɔɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-colloid.wav [Southern-England] Forms: colloids [plural]
Etymology: From French colloïde, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) + -oid. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|colloïde}} French colloïde, {{uder|en|grc|κόλλα||glue}} Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”), {{m|en|-oid}} -oid Head templates: {{en-noun}} colloid (plural colloids)
  1. (physical chemistry) A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles. Tags: physical Categories (topical): Physical chemistry, Matter Translations (stable system of two phases): kolloïde [singular] (Afrikaans), колоид (koloid) [masculine] (Bulgarian), col·loide [masculine] (Catalan), 膠體 (Chinese Mandarin), 胶体 (jiāotǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), koloid [masculine] (Czech), kolloidi (Finnish), colloïde [masculine] (French), coloide [masculine] (Galician), Kolloid [neuter] (German), κολλοειδές (kolloeidés) [neuter] (Greek), koloid (Indonesian), collóideach [masculine] (Irish), colloide [masculine] (Italian), colóide [masculine] (Italian), コロイド (koroido) (Japanese), 膠質 (kōshitsu) (alt: こうしつ) (Japanese), коллоид (kolloid) (Kazakh), 교질 (gyojil) (alt: 膠質) (Korean), koloid (Malay), കൊളോയിഡ് (koḷōyiḍŭ) (Malayalam), کلوئید (Persian), koloid [masculine] (Polish), coloide [masculine] (Portuguese), coloid [masculine] (Romanian), suspensie coloidală [feminine] (Romanian), колло́ид (kollóid) [masculine] (Russian), coloide [masculine] (Spanish), maladigkit (Tagalog), కొల్లాయిడ్ (kollāyiḍ) (Telugu), คอลลอยด์ (Thai), kolloit (Turkish), колоїд (kolojid) [masculine] (Ukrainian), hệ keo (alt: 系膠) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-colloid-en-noun--yBezuj2 Disambiguation of Matter: 11 25 33 31 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'stable system of two phases': 82 15 3
  2. (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). Categories (topical): Meteorology, Matter
    Sense id: en-colloid-en-noun-LvbWcUJe Disambiguation of Matter: 11 25 33 31 Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
  3. (geology) A particle less than 1 micron in diameter, following the Wentworth scale Categories (topical): Geology, Matter
    Sense id: en-colloid-en-noun-JAYVNHBT Disambiguation of Matter: 11 25 33 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 16 22 43 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 27 16 20 38 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: colloidal, colloidochemical Related terms: solid sol solid in solid, sol solid in liquid, aerosol solid, liquid in gas, gel liquid in solid, emulsion liquid in liquid, foam gas in liquid, solid, aerogel gas in solid

Inflected forms

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      "alt": "系膠",
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      "sense": "stable system of two phases",
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