droplet
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droplets
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noun
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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
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Introducing a modest number of bubbles created a much more even coating, while increasing the bubble concentration further caused particles to collect near the center of the droplet instead.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
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
In 1986, in an astonishing experiment, Nüsslein-Volhard’s students learned to prick a normal fly embryo with a minuscule needle, withdraw a droplet of liquid from its head, and transplant it into the headless mutants.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
This "weighs down the droplets," which "grow from a few micrometres to several millimetres: up to two or three. They fall, and it rains," explained Yarmohammed.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Cartridges fixed on the aircraft's wings contain a substance that, when dispersed, sticks to cloud droplets, making them heavy enough to fall as rain.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
He’s made it inside just in time to escape the rain, droplets from the downpour still visible on his white T-shirt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The network’s afternoon news update lingered on the halo of dark droplets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Muthu laughed as Kutti shook his coat, sending a shower of droplets into Muthu’s face.
From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman
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