adj
Meaning 1
Glue-like; gelatinous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- colloid tumours
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
colloid
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: physical
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
Meaning 3
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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
A particle less than 1 micron in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Broader terms: mixture
Narrower terms: silver protein, gel, colloidal gel, sol, colloidal solution, colloidal suspension, emulsion, silica gel
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: kolloïde — stable system of two phases
- Bulgarian: колоид (koloid) — stable system of two phases
- Catalan: col·loide — stable system of two phases
- Chinese Mandarin: 膠體 /胶体 (jiāotǐ) — stable system of two phases
- Czech: koloid — stable system of two phases
- Finnish: kolloidi — stable system of two phases
- French: colloïde — stable system of two phases
- Galician: coloide — stable system of two phases
- German: Kolloid — stable system of two phases
- Greek: κολλοειδές (kolloeidés) — stable system of two phases
- Indonesian: koloid — stable system of two phases
- Irish: collóideach — stable system of two phases
- Italian: colloide — stable system of two phases
- Italian: colóide — stable system of two phases
- Japanese: コロイド (koroido) — stable system of two phases
- Japanese: 膠質 (kōshitsu) — stable system of two phases
- Kazakh: коллоид (kolloid) — stable system of two phases
- Korean: 교질 (gyojil) — stable system of two phases
- Malay: koloid — stable system of two phases
- Malayalam: കൊളോയിഡ് (koḷōyiḍŭ) — stable system of two phases
- Persian: کلوئید — stable system of two phases
- Polish: koloid — stable system of two phases
- Portuguese: coloide — stable system of two phases
- Romanian: coloid — stable system of two phases
- Romanian: suspensie coloidală — stable system of two phases
- Russian: колло́ид (kollóid) — stable system of two phases
- Spanish: coloide — stable system of two phases
- Tagalog: maladigkit — stable system of two phases
- Telugu: కొల్లాయిడ్ (kollāyiḍ) — stable system of two phases
- Thai: คอลลอยด์ — stable system of two phases
- Turkish: kolloit — stable system of two phases
- Ukrainian: колоїд (kolojid) — stable system of two phases
- Vietnamese: hệ keo — stable system of two phases