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.
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At greater heights, droplet collisions, precipitation formation, and faster updrafts can reduce the total surface area of droplets, allowing supersaturation to build.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
By simply changing the number of bubbles in each droplet, the team found they could dramatically alter the pattern left behind as the liquid evaporated.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 2026
A major challenge is controlling what happens after each droplet lands on a surface.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 11, 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
Even a droplet of blood made her cringe.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
The more frequently droplets appear and depart, the more often the surface is refreshed, allowing heat to move through it more efficiently.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Reducing the polymer film thickness increased the number of locations where droplets could form, while thermal treatment made it easier for those droplets to leave the surface.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
These collisions can create tiny droplets of quark-gluon plasma, the extraordinary state of matter believed to have filled the Universe during its first millionth of a second.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Because the droplets leave instead of forming a continuous layer, fresh areas of the surface are repeatedly exposed, allowing heat to move through the surface more effectively.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Water droplets flew everywhere and needed to be mopped up.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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