DISPERSION MEDIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dispersion medium mean? 

• DISPERSION MEDIUM (noun)
  The noun DISPERSION MEDIUM has 1 sense:

1. (of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed

  Familiarity information: DISPERSION MEDIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISPERSION MEDIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

dispersing medium; dispersing phase; dispersion medium

Hypernyms ("dispersion medium" 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)