globule

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

globule (plural globules)

  1. 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, 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:
      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' growth and survival.

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin globulus.

Pronunciation

Noun

globule m (plural globules)

  1. globule
  2. blood cell

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: globule

Further reading

Latin

Noun

globule

  1. vocative singular of globulus

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

globule n

  1. vocative singular of glob
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