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Content: a mixture of liquids
: a thin coating on photographic film or paper that contains chemicals which are sensitive to light
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emulsion
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emul·​sion | \ i-ˈməl-shən
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: two liquids mixed together so that tiny drops of one liquid are scattered throughout the other
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emul·​sion | \ i-ˈməl-shən
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1 a : a system (as fat in milk) consisting of a liquid dispersed with or without an emulsifier in an immiscible liquid usually in droplets of larger than colloidal size
b : the state of such a system
2 : suspension sense 2 especially : a suspension of a sensitive silver salt or a mixture of halides of silver in a viscous medium (as a gelatin solution) forming a coating on photographic plates, film, or paper
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