globule

Definition

A small round particle of substance; a drop.

Etymology

From French globule, from Latin globulus, from globus (“globe”).

Example Sentences

• "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[…]"
• "A civilized hotel is a little urban globule floating like scum on a rustic pool."
• "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."