globule
nounUK /ˈɡlɒbjuːl/ · US /ˈɡlɑbjul/
Etymology From French globule, from Latin globulus, from globus (“globe”).
1
A small round particle of substance; a drop.
- 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[…]1704, Sir Isaac Newton, Opticks, 3rd edition, London: W. and J. Innys, published 1721, page 289:
- A civilized hotel is a little urban globule floating like scum on a rustic pool.1926, C. E. M. Joad, The Babbitt Warren, London: Trubner & Co, page 19:
2 more examples
- 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.1991, Dean W. Ahrenholz, “Population Biology and Life History of the North American Menhadens, Brevoortia spp.”, in Marine Fisheries Review, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2021, page 9:
- 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.2005 June 4, Janet Raloff, “Empty Nets: Fisheries may be crippling themselves by targeting the big ones”, in Science News, archived from the original on 05 Jan 2021:
- Derived terms
- Bok globule, conglobulate, globulet, globuliferous, globulimeter, globulin, globulism, globulist, globulite, hypoglobulia, microglobule, nanoglobule, plastoglobule