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DISPERSED PARTICLES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dispersed particles mean?
• DISPERSED PARTICLES (noun)
The noun DISPERSED PARTICLES has 1 sense:
1. (of colloids) a substance in the colloidal state
Familiarity information: DISPERSED PARTICLES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of colloids) a substance in the colloidal state
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
dispersed particles; dispersed phase
Hypernyms ("dispersed particles" is a kind of...):
form; phase ((physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary)
Domain category:
colloid (a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension)
Context examples
A technique for determining the zeta potential of a sample through the detection of the motion of dispersed particles relative to a fluid under the influence of an oscillating electric field.
(Electrophoretic Light Scattering, NCI Thesaurus)
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