Definition of colloid Colloid

/kɑˈlɔjd/ - [kaloyd] - col•loid

We found 11 definitions of colloid from 6 different sources.

What does colloid mean?

Noun Plural: colloids
colloid - a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension
		mixture (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)
		silver protein a colloid preparation of protein (albumin or gelatin) and silver oxide; used in aqueous solution as an antibacterial agent
		colloidal gel, gel a colloid in a more solid form than a sol
		colloidal solution, colloidal suspension, sol the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization
		emulsion a light-sensitive coating on paper or film; consists of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in a gelatin

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colloid (Noun)
A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.
colloid (Noun)
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. The dispersion medium may be a gas, a liquid, or a solid, and the dispersed phase may also be any of these, with the exception that one does not speak of a colloidal system of one gas in another. A system of liquid or solid particles colloidally dispersed in a gas is called an aerosol. A system of solid substances or water- insoluble liquids colloidally dispersed in liquid water is called a hydrosol.
colloid (Noun)
A particle less than 1 micron in diameter, following the Wentworth scale .
colloid (Adjective)
Glue-like; gelatinous.

colloid (a.)
Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.
colloid (n.)
A substance (as albumin, gum, gelatin, etc.) which is of a gelatinous rather than a crystalline nature, and which diffuses itself through animal membranes or vegetable parchment more slowly than crystalloids do; -- opposed to crystalloid.
colloid (n.)
A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer.

colloid
An intimate mixture of two substances, one of which, called the dispersed phase, is uniformly distributed in a finely divided state through the second substance, called the dispersion medium.

colloid
kol′oid, n. a name given by Graham, in contradistinction to crystalloids, to any soluble substance, which, when exposed to dialysis, does not pass through the porous membrane.—adj. Colloid′al. [Gr. kolla, glue, and eidos, form.]

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