Examples of droplet in a Sentence
Droplets of water collected on the windows.
there were only a few droplets left in the canteen
Recent Examples on the Web
Bird flu spreads through air droplets and bird feces.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2024
The turbulent winds inside a cloud cause the droplets and crystals to bounce into each other and create a positive charge.
—USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2024
One thing editor Jennifer Lame told me was that Chris was obsessed with images of droplets and ripples and things like that while shooting and editing the film.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
Tiny water droplets can freeze instantly on surfaces exposed to the fog when temperatures are at or below freezing, according to the NWS website.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2024
Contagion follows the spread of a highly contagious virus that is transmitted through respiratory droplets or by coming in contact with objects contaminated by bodily fluids.
—Ilana Gordon, EW.com, 19 Jan. 2024
Scientists believe leprosy can spread by inhaling infected respiratory droplets that are released when an infected person coughs or sneezes, similar to how flu and COVID spread.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
The infected droplets contain the Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which can cause symptoms of pertussis in five to 21 days.
—Keri Brenner, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
To fill a standard letter page that has 2.5-centimeter margins would require more than half a million individual ink droplets.
—Phillip W. Barth, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2024
Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2024
The turbulent winds inside a cloud cause the droplets and crystals to bounce into each other and create a positive charge.
—USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2024
One thing editor Jennifer Lame told me was that Chris was obsessed with images of droplets and ripples and things like that while shooting and editing the film.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024
Tiny water droplets can freeze instantly on surfaces exposed to the fog when temperatures are at or below freezing, according to the NWS website.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 27 Jan. 2024
Contagion follows the spread of a highly contagious virus that is transmitted through respiratory droplets or by coming in contact with objects contaminated by bodily fluids.
—Ilana Gordon, EW.com, 19 Jan. 2024
Scientists believe leprosy can spread by inhaling infected respiratory droplets that are released when an infected person coughs or sneezes, similar to how flu and COVID spread.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
The infected droplets contain the Bordetella pertussis bacteria, which can cause symptoms of pertussis in five to 21 days.
—Keri Brenner, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
To fill a standard letter page that has 2.5-centimeter margins would require more than half a million individual ink droplets.
—Phillip W. Barth, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1607, in the meaning defined above
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“Droplet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/droplet. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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Kids Definition
droplet
noun
drop·let
ˈdräp-lət 
: a very small drop
Medical Definition
droplet
noun
drop·let
ˈdräp-lət
: a tiny drop (as of a liquid)
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