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[ noun ] a tiny drop

Used in print

(Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)

These droplets are distorted by the normal forces just as a balloon would be pulled or pressed out of shape in one 's hands .

These droplets appear to be ellipsoids , and it is mathematically convenient to assume that they are .

(Jay C. Harris and John R. Van Wazer, "Detergent...)

Then during washing , the greasy soil rolls back at the edges so that emulsified droplets can disengage themselves from the sorbed oil mass , with the aid of mechanical action , and enter the aqueous phase .

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