gel
A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
Other meanings
Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.
A film of flexible transparent plastic (such as acetate, celluloid, or cellophane) suitable for making superimpositions or diapositives (image to overlay on other images, especially for overhead projectors); a digital virtual equivalent of this.
A kind of
- colloid
Word history
From Latin "gelatus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “gel” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.