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"COLLOIDS" is a plural of: colloid. |
| Domain | Definition |
Environment | Very small, finely divided solids (that do not dissolve) that remain dispersed in a liquid for a long time due to their small size and electrical charge. (references) |
Health | Two-phase systems in which one is uniformly dispersed in another as particles small enough so they cannot be filtered or will not settle out. The dispersing or continuous phase or medium envelops the particles of the discontinuous phase. All three states of matter can form colloids among each other. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| COCO | English | Colloids and complexes | Computing |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: COLLOIDS |
| English words defined with "COLLOIDS": dispersed particles, dispersed phase, dispersing medium, dispersing phase, dispersion medium. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "COLLOIDS": chemical water treatment ♦ gel strength ♦ hydrophobe. (references) |
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| "COLLOIDS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 54.17% of the time. "COLLOIDS" is used about 24 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 54.17% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Noun (proper) | 45.83% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Total | 100.00% | 24 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
colloids | 34 |
acheson colloids | 9 |
allied colloids | 8 |
colloids surface | 4 |
silver colloids | 3 |
acheson colloids company | 3 |
colloids solution | 2 |
coagulation colloids | 2 |
colloids suspension | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "COLLOIDS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | urinkolloider (urinary colloids), micelkolloid (association colloids), dispersionskolloider (dispersion colloids), associationskolloid (association colloids), akvatiske planter som f.eks. cladophora eller forskellige vandmosser udviste en filtrerende virkning over for radiokolloider (aquatic plants such as cladophora and a number of mosses acted as filters for radiocolloids ( radioactive colloids )). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | coloïden (dispersion colloids), colloïeden (dispersion colloids), radioactieve colloiden bleken door lagere waterplanten, zoals cladophora, en sommige bronmossen te worden gefilterd (aquatic plants such as cladophora and a number of mosses acted as filters for radiocolloids ( radioactive colloids )), associatiecolloid (association colloids). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | collotides urinaires (urinary colloids), colloides d'association (association colloids), colloïdes de dispersion (dispersion colloids), les plantes aquatiques inférieures comme le Cladophora et certaines mousses aquatiques ont révélé avoir un effet filtrant vis- -vis des radiocolloides (aquatic plants such as cladophora and a number of mosses acted as filters for radiocolloids ( radioactive colloids )). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Kolloide. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | κολλοειδές του οποίου τα λεπτότερα τεμαχίδια αποτελούνται από πολλά μόρια (association colloids), κολλοειδές διασποράς (dispersion colloids), κολλοειδή ούρων (urinary colloids). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | colloidi urinari (urinary colloids), colloidi per dispersione (dispersion colloids), colloidi liofobi (dispersion colloids), colloidi idrofobi (dispersion colloids), colloidi d'associazione (association colloids), le piante acquatiche inferiori come la Cladofora e vari muschi d'acqua presentavano un effetto filtrante nei confronti dei radiocolloidi (aquatic plants such as cladophora and a number of mosses acted as filters for radiocolloids ( radioactive colloids )). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | olloidscay colóides de associação (association colloids), calóides urinários (urinary colloids), calóides de dispersão (dispersion colloids), micelocolóides (association colloids), as plantas aquáticas como as cladophora e certos musgos aquáticos actuam como filtros em relação aos colóides radioactivos (aquatic plants such as cladophora and a number of mosses acted as filters for radiocolloids ( radioactive colloids )). (various references) coloides urinarios (urinary colloids), coloides de dispersión (dispersion colloids), coloides de asociación (association colloids), las plantas acuáticas inferiores como la Clodophora y determinados musgos acuáticos actuaban como filtros de los radiocoloides (aquatic plants such as cladophora and a number of mosses acted as filters for radiocolloids ( radioactive colloids )). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "COLLOIDS": hydrocolloids. (additional references) | |
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"COLLOIDS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: coleoliids, colliod, colliods, Collodi, coloid, coloies, cololurs, Kollowitz, scilloides. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-i-l-l-o-o-s" | |
-1 letter: colloid. | |
-3 letters: clods, coils, colds, cools, dills, diols, disco, dolci, dolls, idols, lidos, locos, olios, scold, sloid, sodic, soldi, soldo, solid. | |
-4 letters: clod, cods, coil, cold, cols, cool, coos, dill, diol, disc, docs, doll, dols, idol, ills, lido, lids, loci, loco, loos, odic, oils, olds, olio, sild, sill, silo, slid, soil, sold, soli. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-i-l-l-o-o-s" | |
+2 letters: collodions. | |
+3 letters: schoolchild. | |
+4 letters: decollations, prosodically. | |
+5 letters: dactylologies, duodecillions, hydrocolloids, policyholders. | |
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