colloid
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 7
Definition of colloid
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Glue-like; gelatinous.
“colloid tumours”
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adj
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Glue-like; gelatinous.
“colloid tumours”
noun
- (physical)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
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Etymology
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.
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