膠こう質しつ

noun

colloid

Scientific term for a colloid, a substance microscopically dispersed throughout another substance. Often used in chemistry and materials science.

See also: コロイド

• 膠こう質しつ溶よう液えきは、粒りゅう子しが沈ちん殿でんしにくい性せい質しつを持もつ。

  Colloidal solutions have the property that particles do not easily precipitate.

• この物ぶっ質しつは膠こう質しつ状じょう態たいで存そん在ざいする。

  This substance exists in a colloidal state.