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Colloidal suspension
Suspension in water of particles so finely divided that they will not settle under the action of gravity, but will diffuse, even in quiet water, under the random impulses of Brownian motion. Particle sizes range from about 1 mm to about 1nm; however, there is no sharp differentiation by size between coarse ("true") suspension and colloidal suspension or between colloidal suspension and solution.
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