globule
English edit
Etymology edit
From French globule, from Latin globulus, from globus (“globe”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɒbjuːl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡlɑbjul/
- Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒbjuːl, (General American) -ɑbjul
- Hyphenation: glob‧ule
Noun edit
globule (plural globules)
- A small round particle of substance; a drop.
- 1704, Sir Isaac Newton, Opticks, 3rd edition, London: W. and J. Innys, published 1721, page 289:
- Suppoſe now that in a fair Day the Sun ſhines through a thin Cloud of ſuch globules of Water or Hail, and that the globules are all of the ſame bigneſs […]
- 1926, C. E. M. Joad, The Babbitt Warren, London: Trubner & Co, page 19:
- A civilized hotel is a little urban globule floating like scum on a rustic pool.
- 1991, Dean W. Ahrenholz, “Population Biology and Life History of the North American Menhadens, Brevoortia spp.”, in Marine Fisheries Review[1], archived from the original on 5 January 2021, page 9:
- They described the eggs as spherical in shape, highly transparent with a thin, horny egg membrane and a relatively wide perivitelline space. Each egg contained a single oil globule.
- 2005 June 4, Janet Raloff, “Empty Nets: Fisheries may be crippling themselves by targeting the big ones”, in Science News[2]:
- Mature female black rockfish and newborn (inset), which sports an oil globule (arrow) - its prepacked lunch. Older moms give young a bigger starting meal, boosting the offsprings'[sic] growth and survival.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
a small round particle of substance; a drop
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French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
globule m (plural globules)
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Descendants edit
- → English: globule
Further reading edit
- “globule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Noun edit
globule
Romanian edit
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globule n