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emulsify
verb (used with or without object), e·mul·si·fied, e·mul·si·fy·ing.
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verb -fies, -fying or -fied
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Origin of emulsify
First recorded in 1855–60; from Latin ēmuls (us) (see emulsion) + -ify
OTHER WORDS FROM emulsify
e·mul·si·fi·a·ble [ih-muhl-suh-fahy-uh-buhl],
/ɪˌmʌl səˈfaɪ ə bəl/,
e·mul·si·ble, adjective e·mul·si·fi·a·bil·i·ty [ih-muhl-suh-fahy-uh-bil-i-tee],
/ɪˌmʌl səˌfaɪ əˈbɪl ɪ ti/,
e·mul·si·bil·i·ty [ih-muhl-suh-bil-i-tee],
/ɪˌmʌl səˈbɪl ɪ ti/,
noun e·mul·si·fi·ca·tion [ih-muhl-suh-fuh-key-shuhn],
/ɪˌmʌl sə fəˈkeɪ ʃən/,
noun e·mul·si·fi·er, noun
un·e·mul·si·fied, adjective
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What does emulsify mean? To emulsify is to form an emulsion —a mixture of two liquids that don’t fully combine. An emulsion may look like a single liquid, but it’s made up of particles of one liquid distributed throughout another liquid. For example, if you emulsify oil and water, it forms an emulsion in which small droplets of oil are suspended in the water, but the two liquids aren’t fully blended together (as they would be if you stirred together water and vinegar, for example). In technical chemistry terms, an emulsion is a colloidal suspension in which the substances mixed together are both liquids. Both colloids and suspensions involve particles of one substance distributed in another without being dissolved. Emulsions are used in a variety of contexts, including pharmacology, cooking, and photography.