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spherule

[ sfer-ool, -yool, sfeer- ]

noun

  1. a small sphere or spherical body.


spherule

/ ˈsfɛruːl /

noun

  1. a very small sphere or globule
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈspherular, adjective
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Other Words From

  • spher·u·lar [sfer, -y, oo, -ler, sfeer, -], adjective
  • spher·u·late [sfer, -y, oo, -leyt, -lit, sfeer, -], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spherule1

From the Late Latin word sphaerula, dating back to 1655–65. See sphere, -ule
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Word History and Origins

Origin of spherule1

C17: from Late Latin sphaerula a little sphere
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Example Sentences

When the asteroid struck Earth in the region of what is now the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico, it spread debris and melt spherules for thousands of kilometers.

We can imagine that as they floundered in the violently oscillating waters of the river channel, they could have swallowed melt spherules coming from above.

The elemental mix in the spherules closely matches that of particles found at two other far-flung sites in Antarctica— one more than 2,750 kilometers away — which suggests that all of the materials originated in the same event.

We recognized that all the oxygen in those spherules is coming from the Earth’s atmosphere.

Considerable areas may sometimes be seen without any yolk-spherule whatever.

What can be more widely contrasted than a newly-born child and the small gelatinous spherule constituting the human ovum?

Lastly, I must tell you about the color of the blue sky which was illustrated by the spherule embedded in an elastic solid.

Imagine the solid to extend miles horizontally and miles down, and imagine this spherule to vibrate up and down.

It is supposed to be of chemical origin, each spherule being an aggregation of particles round a central nucleus.

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