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droplet

[drop-lit] / ˈdrɒp lɪt /
NOUN
small amount of liquid
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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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

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




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