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globule Definition

glob·ule (gläbyo̵ol)

noun

a tiny ball or globe; esp., a drop of liquid

Etymology: Fr < L globulus, dim. of globus, globe

globule Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • paint: The edges of the work have a distinctive sculptural quality and are punctuated with sporadically placed pirouetting globules of paint.
  • water: I smiled to myself: not an eye, you silly sod, just globules of water dripping beneath the surface.
  • quicksilver: And the said boy is referred to as " a globule of quicksilver " .
  • phlegm: Kids throw themselves against each other and huge globules of phlegm hurtle toward the stage.
  • mercury: They slide around the mind like a globule of mercury, casting flashes of light in all sorts of different directions.
  • sweat: His eyes were wide and unseeing, and great spherical globules of sweat were forming on his brow.

Converse of object

  • form: The extra hardness caused the droplets to form spherical globules.
  • contain: Each female can produce up to half a million tiny eggs, each containing a globule of oil that makes the egg buoyant.
  • produce: The process they use to skim it produces very small fat globules, which are more dangerous than proper fat.
  • have: The milk of the Red Poll is higher in protein and has smaller fat globules than other breeds such as the Fresian.
  • shine: The rest of the litharge was absorbed in the porous cupel, leaving a shining globule of metallic silver about 99.95 % pure.
  • show: The resin globules shown on Figure ( 6 ) have linear dimensions which vary from 2 microns to about 13 microns.

Adjective modifier

  • protoplasmal: I can trace my family back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic globule.
  • primordial: I can trace my family back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic globule.
  • atomic: I can trace my family back to a protoplasmal primordial atomic globule.
  • fat: Often round fat globules can be seen within an egg.
  • small: The process they use to skim it produces very small fat globules, which are more dangerous than proper fat.
  • tiny: Goat's milk forms into much easier, small lumps and human milk into tiny little globules.