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Definition of Emulsify

1. Verb. Cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion.

2. Verb. Form into or become an emulsion. "The solution emulsified"

Definition of Emulsify

1. v. t. To convert into an emulsion; to form an emulsion; to reduce from an oily substance to a milky fluid in which the fat globules are in a very finely divided state, giving it the semblance of solution; as, the pancreatic juice emulsifies the oily part of food.

Definition of Emulsify

1. Verb. To make into an emulsion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Emulsify

1. to make into an emulsion [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]

Medical Definition of Emulsify

1. To convert or to be converted into an emulsion. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Emulsify

emuling emulous emulously emulousness emulousnesses emulsible emulsic emulsic acid emulsifiable emulsification

emulsifications emulsified emulsifier emulsifiers emulsifies emulsify (current term) emulsifying emulsifying wax emulsin emulsins

emulsion emulsion colloid emulsion paint emulsion paints emulsioned emulsions emulsive emulsoid emulsoidal emulsoids

Literary usage of Emulsify

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

1. Non-secret formulas: A Collection of Over Four Thousand Formulas and One by Thomas Michael Griffiths (1897)
"emulsify the oil with the gum and distilled water, ther add the other ingredients with constant trituration. This emulsion contains 33 per cent of castor ..."

2. American Druggist (1888)
"The alkalies have, however, some small power to emulsify, for I have ... Under similar treatment it will be found that most unctuous bodies emulsify air. ..."

3. Applied Colloid Chemistry: General Theory by Wilder Dwight Bancroft (1921)
"... and we shall have a tendency to emulsify oil in water. If the adsorption of the emulsifying agent lowers the surface tension on the oil side of the ..."

4. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique: A Laboratory Guide for Medical by John William Henry Eyre (1913)
"Weigh out powdered agar, 5 grammes, emulsify with 100 cc, cold distilled water ... Weigh out Witte's peptone, 25 grammes; salt, 5 grammes, and emulsify with ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1898)
"Beat the yolk of egg with the brandy and gradually add the oils; emulsify, add the creosote mixture and then the solution of ..."

6. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1898)
"Beat the yolk of egg with the brandy and gradually add the oils; emulsify, add the creosote mixture and then the solution of ..."

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