Lotion vs Colloid - What's the difference?
lotion | colloid |
A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin.
(archaic) A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of beautification.
To cover or treat with a lotion.
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(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
As nouns the difference between lotion and colloid
is that lotion is a low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin while 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 lotion
is to cover or treat with a lotion.As an adjective colloid is
glue-like; gelatinous.lotion
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(wikipedia lotion)Noun
(en-noun)Derived terms
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* cream (generally a bit thicker than a lotion )Verb
(en verb)- Grace lotions her arms and legs and joins him in the large walk-in closet where they change out of their clothes and into their pajamas—loose-fitting cotton bottoms for Mike and a lace-trimmed baby doll nightie for Grace.
- I would finish my daily ranging session by lotioning his legs, and lotioning and rubbing his feet.