Foam
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Description
A dispersion of bubbles in a solid or liquid. Examples of liquid foams are shaving cream, whipped cream, meringue, and foamed hair products. Examples of solid foams are foam rubber, Styrofoam®, and bread. Foams may be generated by mechanical (mixing, agitation) or chemical (gas producing reactions) methods.
Synonyms and Related Terms
foams; expanded plastic; froth
Resources and Citations
- Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993
- Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Dictionary of Fiber & Textile Technology (older version called Man-made Fiber and Textile Dictionary, 1965), Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Charlotte NC, 1990
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998
- Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000