dispersing medium

1. 1.

   (of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed

   Synonymsdispersing phasedispersion medium

   Broaderphase

   colloid

Questions about dispersing medium

What does dispersing medium mean?

dispersing medium means "(of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed".

What is another word for dispersing medium?

Close synonyms include dispersing phase, dispersion medium. 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 dispersing medium a common word?

dispersing medium 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.