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gel (dʒɛl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a semirigid jelly-like colloid in which a liquid is dispersed in a solid: nondrip paint is a gel |
| 2. | See hair gel |
| 3. | informal theatre See gelatine |
| —vb , gels, gelling, gelled | |
| 4. | to become or cause to become a gel |
| 5. | a variant spelling of jell |
| [C19: by shortening from | |
| jell or gel (dʒɛl) | |
| —vb , jells, jelling, jelled, gels, gelling, gelled | |
| 1. | to make or become gelatinous; congeal |
| 2. | (intr) to assume definite form: his ideas have jelled |
| —n | |
| 3. | (US) an informal word for jelly |
| [C19: back formation from | |
| gel or gel | |
| —vb | |
| —n | |
| [C19: back formation from | |
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gel
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gel (jěl)
n.
A colloid in which the disperse phase combines with the dispersion medium to produce a semisolid material. v. gelled, gel·ling, gels
To become a gel.
To convert a sol into a gel.
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gel definition[dʒɛl]
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| gel gelatin |
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gel
coherent mass consisting of a liquid in which particles too small to be seen in an ordinary optical microscope are either dispersed or arranged in a fine network throughout the mass. A gel may be notably elastic and jellylike (as gelatin or fruit jelly), or quite solid and rigid (as silica gel, a material that looks like coarse white sand and is used as a dehumidifier). Gels are colloids (aggregates of fine particles, as described above, dispersed in a continuous medium) in which the liquid medium has become viscous enough to behave more or less as a solid. Contraction of a gel, causing separation of liquid from it, is called syneresis. Compare sol
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