dispersed phase

1. 1.

   (of colloids) a substance in the colloidal state

   Synonymsdispersed particles

   Broaderphase

   colloid

Questions about dispersed phase

What does dispersed phase mean?

dispersed phase means "(of colloids) a substance in the colloidal state".

What is another word for dispersed phase?

Close synonyms include dispersed particles. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dispersed phase a common word?

dispersed phase is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.