droplet Definition
drop·let (dräp′lit)
noun
a very small drop, esp. of liquid
droplet Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- moisture: We also had obvious small droplets of moisture on occasions - surely a recipe for spurious images?
- ink: In inkjet printing droplets of ink are formed from the break-up of liquid jets by surface tension.
- liquid: Mist is small droplets of liquid carried in gas.
Converse of object
- eject: There is more energy needed to eject the droplet and also the droplets are formed with a filament.
- inhale: The risk of infection chiefly arises from inhaling water droplets formed from a contaminated water supply.
- suspend: Film clip details: Fat droplets suspended in milk.
Adjective modifier
- 2pl: Canon's FINE cartridges use minimum 2pl ink droplets.
- 1pl: Superior quality is achieved by Canon's FINE technology with minute 1pl ink droplets.
- airborne: Whether due to viruses or bacteria, the infection is spread from person to person by airborne droplets, hand contact or kissing.
- microscopic: The bacteria that cause TB are inhaled in the form of microscopic droplets that come from a person infected with TB.
- tiny: For the mighty oceans are indeed made up of tiny droplets of water.
- contaminated: This reflux of air could contain contaminated droplets of sewage present in the soil stack.
Modifies a noun
- size: Estimate the mean droplet size from the ratio of the diameter of the first ring to that of the moon.
- spread: The flu virus moves quickly, spreading speedily from person to person by droplet spread.
Noun used with modifier
- picolitre: The i850 printer introduces a new printhead with a unique combination of 5 picolitre droplets for coverage and ultra-fine 2 picolitre droplets for photo-realism.
- lipid: ACTH releases cholesterol from lipid droplets in the cytoplasm of the cells.
- aerosol: Flu is primarily spread by aerosol droplets of saliva or by direct contact with an infected person.
- seawater: This is the cylinder into which our friends the seawater droplets had been pumped.
- emulsion: Research focussed on methods of generating and stabilizing emulsion droplets using cross-linked polymer coatings derivatised with various ligands.
- ink: Throwing two billion ink droplets every second, 1mm above the substrate puts the problem in perspective.

