gelとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: jĕl, IPA^(key): /dʒɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Homophones: jel, jell

名詞

gel (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 gels)

1. A semi-solid to almost solid colloid of a solid and a liquid, such as jelly, cheese or opal.
   • 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:

     Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.

2. Any gel intended for a particular cosmetic use, such as for styling the hair.

派生語

参考

For more information on classification of colloids, see Wikipedia article on colloids

動詞

gel (三人称単数 現在形 gels, 現在分詞 gelling, 過去形および過去分詞形 gelled)

1. (transitive) To apply (cosmetic) gel to (the hair, etc).
   • 2017 June 3, Daniel Taylor, “Real Madrid win Champions League as Cristiano Ronaldo double defeats Juv”, in The Guardian (London)‎^[1]:

     It ended, as it so often does, with that familiar smile. Cristiano Ronaldo – gelled hair, dazzling teeth, magic in his boots – will never forget the night he scored the 600th goal of an almost implausible career.

2. (intransitive) To become a gel.
3. (intransitive) To develop a rapport.

   He was a nice guy, and I got on OK with his friends, but the two of us never really gelled.

4. (intransitive, figuratively) To come together to form something; to cohere.

   We put our ideas together and they eventually gelled into a saleable product.

参考

• aerosol
• colloid
• emulsion
• foam
• sol

語源 2

Imitative of upper-class British pronunciation of girl.

発音

• enPR: gĕl, IPA^(key): /ɡɛl/

名詞

gel (複数形 gels)

1. (Britain) A girl.

アナグラム

• ELG, ElG, leg, leg.