spherule

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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

Just so, the energy required to put the moisture spherule into a state of strain is latent until some power releases it, when it reappears as active energy of some form.

From Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. by Gray, Elisha

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