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droplet

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


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Patients should be isolated using airborne, droplet, and contact precautions.

From Science Daily Jun. 22, 2026

“I can assure you that there is not one droplet of whey in this country that is left behind.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 21, 2026

He said it was the same size as either a human blood cell, mould spores, bacteria, talcum powder and a fog droplet.

From BBC Dec. 5, 2025

Even with about twice as many ships passing through the region in 2024, cloud droplet formation was only slightly weaker than before IMO 2020.

From Science Daily Nov. 26, 2025

The pattern is of a crescent moon turned on its side like a cup, with a droplet of red falling from one corner and a dagger beneath the whole.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

The network’s afternoon news update lingered on the halo of dark droplets.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 2, 2026

More vapor then condensed onto those droplets, reducing the estimated supersaturation.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

Those droplets could increase condensation, release additional latent heat, and potentially strengthen the cloud's updrafts.

From Science Daily Aug. 1, 2026

It starts off as a cute little white cloud -- a cumulus cloud, which is formed because water vapour has turned into tiny droplets.

From Barron's Jul. 27, 2026

The little water droplets did a crazy, sizzling dance on the hot iron then disappeared.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya




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