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Definition of Demulsify
1. Verb. Cause to demulsify.
2. Verb. Break down into components.
Definition of Demulsify
1. Verb. (intransitive of an emulsion) To separate into its components. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To separate (an emulsion) into its components. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Demulsify
1. [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demulsify
Literary usage of Demulsify
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handbook of the Petroleum Industry by David Talbot Day (1922)
"Ability to demulsify quickly and completely is demanded of oils used in the
lubrication of many steam turbines and in the enclosed crankcase type of steam ..."
2. Handbook of Machine Shop Management by John Herbert Van Deventer (1915)
"... complicated machines, on account of a possible tendency to gum and to demulsify
into oily substance and plain water, with consequent rust of equipment. ..."