droplet
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Etymology
Origin of droplet
Explanation
A tiny bit of dripping liquid is a droplet. It's so relaxing to take a slow walk in the misty rain, listening to water droplets fall on your umbrella. A droplet is a smaller version of a drop, which you can tell from the diminutive suffix -let, "smaller" (think booklet and piglet). If you're perspiring lightly on a hot day, you'll have droplets of sweat on your forehead, and if you accidentally turn on the spray attachment in the kitchen sink, you should dry those water droplets on the counter. Don't worry too much, though — the main thing to know about droplets is that they're tiny.
Vocabulary lists containing droplet
Example Sentences
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“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
A research team from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics has now developed a new solution: a floating droplet electricity generator that uses natural water as part of its structure.
From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2025
Most droplet electricity generators use a solid platform and a metal bottom electrode.
From Science Daily • Nov. 15, 2025
He poked the eyelash into the water droplet and stirred it, separating the slices from one another.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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