colloid
n=2
Small Snow Flakes That Never Fall.....
a: Colloid ~
b: a snow globe
What: "The word colloidal sounds spooky and mystical. It just means having extremely small particle size. A colloid is two substances combined but one substance must have micron-sized particles. The small particles get dispersed into the second substance. The result looks like one substance but really it is two--one floating in the other. A colloid is like a snow globe but with extremely tiny snowflakes that would take longer than 5 seconds to fall to the bottom. Catsup, milk, and salad dressing are a food colloid. Face paint and shaving cream are a colloid. But nobody eats paint or shaving cream. Catsup is natural nanotechnology in a bottle."
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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Jul 24 2013 7:47 PM
# 3457 Critique Analogy
a: Colloid ~
b: milk
What: "Being a biochemist, I was interested. Obviously a colloid is like milk. It's not a solution, but suspended particles."
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Writer: Barry K. Arrington, President
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Date: Jul 24 2013 7:51 PM
# 3458 Critique Analogy
METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.