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colloidal solution

n. a colloid that has a continuous liquid phase in which a solid is suspended in a liquid [syn: sol, colloidal suspension]

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This is a colloidal solution of very fine particles that will set, or coagulate, into a gel.

A hand submerged in it emerged with a slimy coat for the water was so full of algae, single cells and other minute life forms that it acted like a colloidal solution.