spherule

Example Sentences

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They were looking for spherule particles, or tiny fragments of rock, left behind by impact.

From BBC • Oct. 21, 2024

Evidence for the theory can be found not just within the crystals but also in areas called spherule beds.

From Scientific American • Sep. 30, 2022

He worries that only two spherule beds match the crystal data, and one of those beds is not located within Australia—meaning that the timing might not match after all.

From Scientific American • Sep. 30, 2022

What can be more widely contrasted than a newly-born child and the small, semi-transparent spherule constituting the human ovum?

From Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I by Spencer, Herbert

The spherule of force which is the primitive basis of a cell spends itself in the discharge of its work.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville