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懸濁 (けんだく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
suspension
chemistry
Chemistry term for a heterogeneous mixture where solid particles are dispersed in a liquid or gas but will eventually settle. Used as both a noun and a suru-verb.
懸けん 濁だく 液えき を ろ 過か し て 固こ 体たい 粒りゅう 子し を 取と り 除のぞ い た 。
The suspension was filtered to remove the solid particles.
Kanji 懸 state of suspension, hang, depend 濁 voiced, uncleanness, wrong Similar words 溶よう 液えき 溶液 is a true solution where the solute is dissolved, while 懸濁 is a suspension where particles are dispersed but not dissolved.
コロイド コロイド (colloid) has smaller particles that do not settle, unlike 懸濁 where particles are larger and will eventually settle.
Etymology Compound of 懸 (hang, suspend) and 濁 (turbid, muddy), literally 'suspended turbidity'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the chemistry meaning.
