droplet

noun

drop·let ˈdräp-lət

Synonyms of droplet

: a tiny drop (as of a liquid)

Examples of droplet in a Sentence

Droplets of water collected on the windows. there were only a few droplets left in the canteen

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Tiny droplets of the molten tin are fired out of a cannon into a vacuum chamber, where they are shot—sixty thousand times a second—by unerring lasers. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026 Microdroplet chemistry Min’s lab has spent years working on microdroplet chemistry, studying how water broken into tiny droplets behaves at its boundary with air. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026 Inspired by the rounded shapes of water droplets, the 22-piece collection features clusters of natural diamonds in varying sizes, set across sculptural surfaces of 14-karat yellow gold. — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2026 And so there are these things called condensates, which are these big lipid droplets inside the network. — Quanta Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for droplet

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circa 1616, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of droplet was circa 1616

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Kids Definition

droplet

noun

drop·let ˈdräp-lət

: a very small drop

Medical Definition

droplet

noun

drop·let ˈdräp-lət

: a tiny drop (as of a liquid)

droplet

noun

Synonyms of droplet

Examples of droplet in a Sentence

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