| EMU | early morning urine; energy-mode ultrasound |
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| emu | electromagnetic unit |
| emul | emulsion |
| EMU | early morning urine |
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| emu | <zoology> A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius Novae-Hollandiae and D. Irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly. Alternative forms: emeu and emew. The name is sometimes erroneously applied, by the Brazilians, to the rhea, or South American ostrich. Emu wren. Origin: Cf. Pg. Ema ostrich, F. Emou, emeu, emu. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| emu wren | <zoology> A small wrenlike Australian bird (Stipiturus malachurus), having the tail feathers long and loosely barbed, like emu feathers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| emulation | 1. The endeavor to equal or to excel another in qualities or actions; an assiduous striving to equal or excel another; rivalry. "A noble emulation heats your breast." (Dryden) 2. Jeaous rivalry; envy; envious contention. "Such factious emulations shall arise." (Shak) Synonym: Competition, rivalry, contest, contention, strife. Emulation, Competition, Rivalry. Competition is the struggle of two or more persons for the same object. Emulation is an ardent desire for superiority, arising from competition, but now implying, of necessity, any improper feeling. Rivalry is a personal contest, and, almost of course, has a selfish object and gives rise to envy. "Competition and emulation have honor for their basis, rivalry is but a desire for selfish gratification. Competition and emulation animate to effort, rivalry usually produces hatred. Competition and emulation seek to merit success, rivalry is contented with obtaining it." Origin: L. Aemulatio: cf. F. Emulation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| emulatress | A female emulator. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| emulgent | <anatomy> Pertaining to the kidneys; renal; as, emulgent arteries and veins. An emulgent vessel, as a renal artery or vein. Origin: L. Emulgens, p. Pr. Of emulgere to milk out: cf. F. Emulgent. So called because regarded by the ancients as straining out the serum, as if by milking, and so producing the urine. <medicine> A medicine that excites the flow of bile. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| emulsic | Pertaining to, or produced from, emulsin; as, emulsic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| emulsifier | A substance which can be used to produce an emulsion out of two liquids that normally cannot be mixed together (such as oil and water). Emulsifiers are common in foods to maintain consistency within puddings, powders, etc. (09 Oct 1997) |
| emulsify | To convert or to be converted into an emulsion. (18 Nov 1997) |
| emulsifying wax | A washable ointment base consisting of a mixture of cetostearyl alcohol, sodium lauryl sulfate, and water. (05 Mar 2000) |
| emulsin | <chemistry> The white milky pulp or extract of bitter almonds. An unorganised ferment (contained in this extract and in other vegetable juices), which effects the decomposition of certain glucosides. See: Emulsion, Emulge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| emulsion | <pharmacology> A preparation of one liquid distributed in small globules throughout the body of a second liquid. The dispersed liquid is the discontinuous phase and the dispersion medium is the continuous phase. When oil is the dispersed liquid and an aqueous solution is the continuous phase, it is known as an oil in water emulsion, whereas when water or aqueous solution is the dispersed phase and oil or oleaginous substance is the continuous phase, it is known as a water in oil emulsion. Pharmaceutical emulsions for which official standards have been promulgated include cod liver oil emulsion, cod liver oil emulsion with malt, liquid petrolatum emulsion and phenolphthalein in liquid petrolatum emulsion. Origin: L. Emulsio, emulsum (18 Nov 1997) |
| emulsion colloid | A colloidal dispersion in which the dispersed particles are more or less liquid and exert a certain attraction on and absorb a certain quantity of the fluid in which they are suspended. Synonym: emulsion colloid, hydrophil colloid, hydrophilic colloid, lyophilic colloid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| emulsions | Colloids of two immiscible liquids where either phase may be either fatty or aqueous; lipid-in-water emulsions are usually liquid, like milk or lotion and water-in-lipid emulsions tend to be creams. (12 Dec 1998) |
| emulsive | 1. Softening; milklike. 2. Yielding oil by expression; as, emulsive seeds. 3. Producing or yielding a milklike substance; as, emulsive acids. Origin: Cf. F. Emulsif. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| emulsoid | A colloidal dispersion in which the dispersed particles are more or less liquid and exert a certain attraction on and absorb a certain quantity of the fluid in which they are suspended. Synonym: emulsion colloid, hydrophil colloid, hydrophilic colloid, lyophilic colloid. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms : Emulsifyers, Agents, Emulsifying
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a surface-active agent that promotes the formation of an emulsion
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cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion
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(chemistry) a colloid in which both phases are liquids; "an oil-in-water emulsion" a light-sensitive coating on paper or film; consists of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in a gelatin
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| EMU | large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller |
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| EMU | any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism |
| EMU | large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller |
| EMU | compete with successfully |
| EMU | imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software |
| EMU | strive to equal or match, especially by imitating |
| EMU | effort to equal or surpass another |
| EMU | (computer science) technique of one machine obtaining the same results as another |
| EMU | ambition to equal or excel |
| EMU | someone who copies the words or behavior of another |
| EMU | eager to surpass others |
| EMU | characterized by or arising from emulation or imitation |
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