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Colloid vs Chrome - What's the difference?

colloid | chrome |

As adjectives the difference between colloid and chrome

is that colloid is glue-like; gelatinous while chrome is chrome / chromium (attributive).

As a noun colloid

is (chemistry) a stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.

As a verb chrome is

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colloid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Glue-like; gelatinous.
    • colloid tumours

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.
  • (meteorology) An intimate mixture of two substances one of which, called the dispersed phase (or colloid ), is uniformly distributed in a finely divided state throughout the second substance, called the dispersion medium (or dispersing medium). The dispersion medium may be a gas, a liquid, or a solid, and the dispersed phase may also be any of these, with the exception that one does not speak of a colloidal system of one gas in another. A system of liquid or solid particles colloidally dispersed in a gas is called an aerosol. A system of solid substances or water-insoluble liquids colloidally dispersed in liquid water is called a hydrosol.
  • (geology) A particle less than 1 micron in diameter, following the Wentworth scale

    • Derived terms

    * colloidal

    See also

    * solid sol solid in solid * sol solid in liquid * aerosol solid or liquid in gas * gel liquid in solid * emulsion liquid in liquid * foam gas in liquid or solid * aerogel gas in solid

    chrome

    English

    (wikipedia chrome)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Chromium, when used to plate other metals.
  • (computing, graphical user interface) The basic structural elements used in a graphical user interface, such as window frames and scroll bars, as opposed to the content.

    • Synonyms

    * chromium

    Derived terms

    * bright chrome * chrome alum * chrome-ammonia alum * chrome black * chrome blue * chrome brick * chrome colour * chrome diopside * chrome dome * chrome furnace * chrome garnet * chrome green * chrome handler * chrome ink * chrome iron * chrome iron ore * chromel * chrome leather * chromeless * chrome maker * chrome-nickel steel * chrome ocher, chrome ochre * chrome orange * chrome red * chrome spinel * chrome solid * chrome-tanned * chrome-tanning * chrome tape * chrome violet * chrome yellow * chromic * chromite * chromous * ferrochrome * hard chrome * mercurochrome * Nichrome * lemon chrome * orange chrome * zinc chrome

    Related terms

    * chromidium * chromium

    Verb

    (chrom)
  • To plate with chrome.

    • Synonyms

    * chromium-plate

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