What are the physical states of dispersed phase and dispersion medium of a cloud?

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Cloud is an aerosol that means it is a colloidal suspension of water droplets in air.
Hence, dispersed phase is liquid (droplets of water) and dispersion medium is gas (air).
It is a lyophobic colloid. Droplets in cloud precipitate as rain.

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