Definition of Colloidal solution

1. Noun. A colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid.

Exact synonyms: Colloidal Suspension, Sol
Generic synonyms: Colloid

Medical Definition of Colloidal solution

1. A dispersoid, emulsoid, or suspensoid. Synonym: colloidal dispersion. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Colloidal Solution

colloid cyst
colloid goiter
colloid milium
colloid pseudomilium
colloid system
colloid theory of narcosis
colloidal
colloidal dispersion
colloidal gel
colloidal gold reaction
colloidal metal
colloidal radioactive gold
colloidal silicon dioxide
colloidal silver iodide
colloidal solution (current term)
colloidal suspension
colloidalities
colloidality
colloidally
colloidin
colloidoclasia
colloidoclastic
colloidogen
colloids
collonade
collonaded
collonades
collop
colloped

Literary usage of Colloidal solution

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1906)
"Susceptibility of Iron in colloidal solution. By EF BURTON, Emmanuel College, and P. PHILLIPS, Emmanuel College; 1851 Exhibition Scholars. ..."

2. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"It appears, however, that the osmotic pressure of a colloidal solution is not ... Tho behaviour of substances in colloidal solution, when exposed to the ..."

3. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Gustav Mann, Walther Löb, Henry William Frederic Lorenz, Robert Wiedersheim, William Newton Parker, Thomas Jeffery Parker, Harry Clary Jones, Sunao Tawara, Leverett White Brownell, Max Julius Louis Le Blanc, Willis Rodney Whitney, John Wesley Brown, Wi (1906)
"2 "If the aggregated particles in a colloidal solution are completely broken up into the composing units by acquiring definite charges, then the colloidal ..."

4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"It appears, however, that the osmotic pressure of a colloidal solution may not be in ... The freezing-point and boiling-point of a colloidal solution are, ..."

5. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences by Washington Academy of Sciences (1915)
"Silica appears to function similarly to gelatine in favoring the entrance of the silver or its compounds into colloidal solution. Because of the fact that ..."

6. Principles of General Physiology by William Maddock Bayliss (1920)
"The two phases of which a colloidal solution consists may obviously be of many various kinds. The table below will illustrate this :— The most important ..."

7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1922)
"From the modern concept of solutions it would appear that the silicon, aluminum and iron are completely dissociated in their colloidal solution but the ..."

8. A New Era in Chemistry: Some of the More Important Developments in General by Harry Clary Jones (1913)
"The colloidal solution, or at most the colloidal suspension, ... We have used the term colloidal solution and also the term colloidal suspension. ..."

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