colloidal
pronunciation
How to pronounce colloidal in British English:
UK [kə'lɔɪdl]
How to pronounce colloidal in American English:
US [kə'lɔɪdəl]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or having the properties of a colloid
Word Origin
- colloidal (adj.)
- 1861, from colloid + -al (1).
Example
- 1. Investigation on dissolved and colloidal substances in wastepaper recycling .
- 2. Stress relief foaming bath with natural colloidal oatmeal .
- 3. The dots are synthesised in a paint-like colloidal suspension which is then coated on to silicon wafers before they are cut up into chips .
- 4. New listing , 05-06 the great wall hover colloidal pedal .
- 5. Oil muds contain colloidal emulsion droplets , organophilic clays and fatty-acid soap micelles .