1. Plural of organosol; colloidal solutions or dispersions in which organic compounds are the dispersed phase and an organic liquid is the dispersion medium.
Usage: technical; chemistry; soil science

Examples

• Organosols are used in laboratory research to study colloidal behavior in organic systems.
• The chemist prepared several organosols with different organic solvents to test their stability.
• In soil science, organosols represent a specific classification of soils with high organic matter content.
• Organosols can be created by dispersing polymers in organic liquids under controlled conditions.