colloid
/ˈkɒlɔɪd/ · adj
Meaning
- Glue-like; gelatinous.
- A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.
- 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).
- A particle less than 1 micron in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
Etymology / origin
Etymology tree Ancient Greek κόλλᾰ (kóllă)der. Vulgar Latin colla French colle Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)der. French -oïde French colloïde English colloid From French colloïde, from Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”) + -oid.
- κόλλα(Ancient Greek)→
- colloïde(French)→
- colloid (English)
- Relations: uder, uder
Related words
Descendant words
- koloid(Indonesian) (bor)
- coloid(Welsh) (bor)
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