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[ adjective ] (of immiscible or not completely miscible liquids) blended by the suspending of small globules of one liquid (as oil) in another (as water or vinegar)

Used in print

(Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)

Then during washing , the greasy soil rolls back at the edges so that emulsified droplets can disengage themselves from the sorbed oil mass , with the aid of mechanical action , and enter the aqueous phase .

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