globule
[glob-yool]
- a small spherical body.
- Bok globule.
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Origin of globule
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I should like to see Buccellini, however, and have a globule of the Elysian essence.
The Daltons, Volume I (of II)Charles James Lever
Every circle is as complete in itself, whether rounding a globule or a star.
Lucretia, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
Why does any liquid in falling through the air assume the globule form?
PhysicsWillis Eugene Tower
Slowly it changed its form, the corner curled up into a globule.
The Great Airship.F. S. Brereton
A globule of metal should result, and perhaps an incrustation on the coal.
The A B C of MiningCharles A. Bramble
globule
- a small globe, esp a drop of liquid
- astronomy a small dark nebula thought to be a site of star formation
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin globulus, diminutive of globus globe
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Word Origin and History for globule
n.
1660s, from French globule, from Latin globulus, diminutive of globus "globe" (see globe).
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globule
(glŏb′yōōl)- A small spherical body, especially a drop of liquid.
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