droplet
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"Essentially, all of this happens because there is a physical relation between the size of a droplet and the size of ice crystals in the clouds and the frequency spectrum," she pointed out.
From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026
How much electrical charge a droplet picked up depended strongly on the material it had traveled across.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
That creates a basic trade-off between nucleation, the initial formation of droplets, and droplet mobility.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Introducing a modest number of bubbles created a much more even coating, while increasing the bubble concentration further caused particles to collect near the center of the droplet instead.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
Crick brushes a droplet of green off his face and glances around to see if anyone saw.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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Plague is a bacterial disease that can occur in several forms, including pneumonic plague, the most contagious type, which can spread through respiratory droplets.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Respiratory droplets containing Yersinia pestis are heavy and drop to surfaces quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Respiratory droplets carrying the Yersinia bacteria are released through coughing or sneezing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
Pneumonic plague is also highly contagious and can spread from person to person via air droplets.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Her head broke the water, and she sucked in a loud, desperate breath that caught a few water droplets and sent her coughing and choking.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack