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Definition: Collodion |
CollodionNoun1. A colorless syrupy solution of pyroxylin in ether and alcohol; used as a coating for wounds or photographic films. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "collodion" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1870. (references) |
Etymology: Collodion \Col*lo"di*on\, noun. [Greek expression like glue; ko`lla glue form. Compare to Colloid.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemistry | Solution consisting of nitrocellulose in a mixture of ether and alcohol. Source: European Union. (references) |
Health | A nitrocellulose solution in ether and alcohol. Collodion has a wide range of uses in industry including applications in the manufacuture of photographic film, in fibers, in lacquers, and in engraving and lithography. In medicine it is used as a drug solvent and a wound sealant. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Collodion |
| English words defined with "collodion": Blasting gelatin ♦ Collodion process, Collodionize, Collodiotype, Collodium ♦ Ferrotype ♦ Gelatin process ♦ Jelly powder ♦ Melanotype ♦ pyroxylin, pyroxyline ♦ Styptic collodion, Styptic colloid. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "collodion": Ichthyosiform Erythroderma, Congenital, Ichthyosis, Lamellar. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Collodion" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (collodion). |
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| "Collodion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Collodion" is used about 3 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 (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "collodion": Collodion process ♦ styptic collodion. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 |
collodion | 7 |
baby collodion | 3 |
collodion flexible | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "collodion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الكولديون سائل دبق. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | колодий. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 胶棉. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kolódium. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | collodium. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | collodium, collodion. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | collodion. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kollodium. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κολλώδιο, κολλόδιο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kollodium gyapotmáz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | collodio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 아교질 (gelatinous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gleihnys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ollodioncay colódio. (various references) colodiu. (various references) коллодий. (various references) kolodij. (various references) colodión. (various references) kollodium. (various references) kolodyum. (various references) колодій. (various references) colođion bông colođion. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "collodion": collodions. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "collodion" (pronounced kulō"dēun) |
| 8 | k u l ō" d ē u n | nickelodeon. |
| 5 | -ō" d ē u n | custodian, Odeon. |
| 4 | -d ē u n | accordion, arcadian, circadian, comedian, Guardian, median, meridian, obsidian. |
| 3 | -ē u n | agrarian, alien, amphibian, authoritarian, barbarian, bohemian, Campion, carrion, centenarian, centurion, chameleon, champion, Clarion, contrarian, criterion, Cyprian, disciplinarian, draconian, egalitarian, equestrian, galleon, gorgonian, halcyon, herculean, historian, humanitarian, hyperborean, lesbian, libertarian, librarian, majoritarian, mammalian, mediterranean, Napoleon, nonsectarian, oblivion, octogenarian, ovarian, pagurian, parliamentarian, pedestrian, planarian, plutonian, praetorian, presbyterian, proletarian, salutatorian, scorpion, sectarian, seminarian, septuagenarian, simian, subterranean, symbion, theologian, thespian, totalitarian, unitarian, utilitarian, utopian, valedictorian, valerian, vegetarian, veterinarian. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-i-l-l-n-o-o-o" | |
-2 letters: colloid. | |
-3 letters: codlin, coloni, conoid. | |
-4 letters: codon, colin, colon, condo, dolci, indol, nicol. | |
-5 letters: cion, clod, clon, coil, coin, cold, coni, cool, coon, dill, diol, doll, icon, idol, lido, lino, lion, loci, loco, loin, loon, nill, nodi, noil, nolo, odic, olio. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-i-l-l-n-o-o-o" | |
+1 letter: collodions. | |
+4 letters: demonological, deontological, octodecillion. | |
+5 letters: nonideological, octodecillions. | |
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