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droplet

[ drop-lit ]

noun

  1. a little drop.


droplet

/ ˈdrɒplɪt /

noun

  1. a tiny drop


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Word History and Origins

Origin of droplet1

First recorded in 1600–10; drop + -let

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Example Sentences

The part that we call our universe condensed out of that inflationary chaos like a water droplet forming out of a cloud of steam.

But floating out of reach are infinitely many other droplet universes as well.

What he actually said was that he was the “first droplet of the flood,” not blood.

The cruiser seemed to hang in the water, a tiny droplet of foam at her bow the only sign she was still in motion.

The Red Ant (Formica rufa) is singularly adroit in seizing the droplet left it by the plant-louse.

From time to time another droplet fell from the spear to join it.

They consist of a minute droplet of protoplasm (mycroprotein) surrounded by a delicate cell membrane.

Sparkling vapor, with perhaps here and there a droplet or two of material which had been only liquefied.

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