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- noun Plural form of
droplet .
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Examples
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But scientists give more credit to the high pressure and high temperature of the gusher that spewed the oil in droplets so tiny, they didn't float to the surface.
Gulf Oil Spill 6 Month Anniversary: A Look At The Health Of The Ocean AP 2010
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Everyone dispersed like droplets from a splash of water hitting the ground, drifting away from the gate and away from each other.
365 tomorrows » 2010 » January : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2010
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But scientists give more credit to the high pressure and high temperature of the gusher that spewed the oil in droplets so tiny, they didn't float to the surface.
Gulf Oil Spill 6 Month Anniversary: A Look At The Health Of The Ocean AP 2010
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Smallpox is spread from one person to another by large droplets from the mouth and throat of people who have the disease.
Smallpox Vaccine 2008
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I could make out the spatter/droplets from the exit wound, too.
Two Blood Tracking Lights to Help You Find Wounded Game 2006
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I could make out the spatter/droplets from the exit wound, too.
Two Blood Tracking Lights to Help You Find Wounded Game 2006
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In this way he measured the velocity of fall, which for such small droplets is only a fraction of a millimeter a second.
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Greatly expanded from her 1970s work, which used mainly toys and needlework, "D/I" employs hundreds of what Messager calls "droplets" -- photographs, light bulbs, fabric scraps and stuffed animals -- hanging from the ceiling on threads.
Talent Pool 2008
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SLD, which Hickey defined as droplets that are "larger in size than we have previously assumed was very typical in icing conditions", was a key factor in the crash of an ATR72 near Roselawn, Indiana, in 1994.
HEADLINES 2010
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The droplets are a normal, natural occurrence for this time of year, but they're not tree sweat - they're insect urine.
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