colloid

Meaning of colloid

noun
  1. A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.
  2. 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).
  3. A particle less than 1 micron in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
adjective
  1. Glue-like; gelatinous.
    colloid tumours

Information about colloid

  • The plural form of colloid is: colloids.
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Hyphenation of colloid

col-loid

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • colloid is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Translation of colloid

Anagrams of colloid

Collodi

Words that rhyme with colloid

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