spherule

[ sfer-ool, -yool, sfeer- ]

/ ˈsfɛr ul, -yul, ˈsfɪər- /

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noun

a small sphere or spherical body.

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Origin of spherule

From the Late Latin word sphaerula, dating back to 1655–65. See sphere, -ule

OTHER WORDS FROM spherule

spher·u·lar

[sfer-yoo-ler, sfeer-], /ˈsfɛr yʊ lər, ˈsfɪər-/, adjectivespher·u·late

[sfer-yoo-leyt, -lit, sfeer-], /ˈsfɛr yʊˌleɪt, -lɪt, ˈsfɪər-/, adjective

Words nearby spherule

spheroid, spheroidal, spheroidicity, spherometer, spheroplast, spherule, spherulite, sphery, sphincter, sphingid, sphingomyelin

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How to use spherule in a sentence

When the asteroid struck Earth in the region of what is now the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, it spread debris and melt spherules for thousands of kilometers.
June was probably a terrible month to be a dinosaur. Here’s how we know.|Michael J. Benton / The Conversation|January 27, 2022|Popular-Science
We can imagine that as they floundered in the violently oscillating waters of the river channel, they could have swallowed melt spherules coming from above.
June was probably a terrible month to be a dinosaur. Here’s how we know.|Michael J. Benton / The Conversation|January 27, 2022|Popular-Science
The elemental mix in the spherules closely matches that of particles found at two other far-flung sites in Antarctica— one more than 2,750 kilometers away — which suggests that all of the materials originated in the same event.
A meteor may have exploded over Antarctica 430,000 years ago|Sid Perkins|March 31, 2021|Science News
We recognized that all the oxygen in those spherules is coming from the Earth’s atmosphere.
What Dust From Space Tells Us About Ourselves|Natalie Wolchover|February 4, 2021|Quanta Magazine

Considerable areas may sometimes be seen without any yolk-spherule whatever.
The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1|Francis Maitland Balfour
What can be more widely contrasted than a newly-born child and the small gelatinous spherule constituting the human ovum?
The Story of the Earth and Man|J. W. Dawson
Lastly, I must tell you about the color of the blue sky which was illustrated by the spherule embedded in an elastic solid.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 467, December 13, 1884|Various
Imagine the solid to extend miles horizontally and miles down, and imagine this spherule to vibrate up and down.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 467, December 13, 1884|Various
It is supposed to be of chemical origin, each spherule being an aggregation of particles round a central nucleus.
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation|Robert Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for spherule

spherule

/ (ˈsfɛruːl) /

noun

a very small sphere or globule

Derived forms of spherule

spherular, adjective

Word Origin for spherule

C17: from Late Latin sphaerula a little sphere

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