COLLOIDAL GEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does colloidal gel mean? 

• COLLOIDAL GEL (noun)
  The noun COLLOIDAL GEL has 1 sense:

1. a colloid in a more solid form than a sol

  Familiarity information: COLLOIDAL GEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLLOIDAL GEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colloid in a more solid form than a sol

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

colloidal gel; gel

Hypernyms ("colloidal gel" is a kind of...):

colloid (a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "colloidal gel"):

hydrogel (a colloidal gel in which water is the dispersion medium)