different between allodial vs colloid

English

Etymology

From Middle French allodial, and its source, Latin allodialis (“held in freehold”), from allodium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l??di?l/

Adjective

allodial (not comparable)

1. (historical) Pertaining to land owned by someone absolutely, without any feudal obligations; held without acknowledgement of any superior. [from 17th c.]
   • 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin 2017, p. 351:

     Henry reconciled the Zähringer, whom he had deposed from Carinthia in 1078, by raising their allodial property in the Black Forest to a new duchy 20 years later.

Derived terms

• allodialist
• allodially

See also

• allodial title

Translations

Noun

allodial (plural allodials)

1. Anything held allodially.

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French

Adjective

allodial (feminine singular allodiale, masculine plural allodiaux, feminine plural allodiales)

1. allodial

Further reading

• “allodial” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From French colloïde, from Ancient Greek ????? (kólla, “glue”) + -oid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?l??d/

Adjective

colloid (comparative more colloid, superlative most colloid)

1. Glue-like; gelatinous.

   colloid tumours

Noun

colloid (plural colloids)

1. (chemistry) A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.
2. (meteorology) An intimate mixture of two substances one of which, called the dispersed phase (or colloid), is uniformly distributed in a finely divided state throughout the second substance, called the dispersion medium (or dispersing medium).
3. (geology) A particle less than 1 micron in diameter, following the Wentworth scale

Derived terms

• colloidal

Translations

See also

• solid sol solid in solid
• sol solid in liquid
• aerosol solid or liquid in gas
• gel liquid in solid
• emulsion liquid in liquid
• foam gas in liquid or solid
• aerogel gas in solid