Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dispersing_phase

1 sense of dispersing phase

Sense 1
dispersing phase, dispersion medium, dispersing medium -- ((of colloids) a substance in which another is colloidally dispersed)
       => phase, form -- ((physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary; "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system")