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globule

Syllables: glob·ule/ˈɡlɒbjuːl/US/ˈɡlɑbjul/

globule noun: a small round particle of substance; a drop.

Noun

globule (plural globules)

  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

globule meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

globule in Tamil

சிற்றுருண்டை, துளி, கோளமான, சிறு கோளம், உருண்டை, உருண்டைத் துகள்

globule in Urdu

چھوٹی گولی, کرہ, قطرہ

globule in Malayalam

drop, droplet, bead
ലഘുഗോളം, ചെറുഗോളം, കണം, കണി, കണിക, തുള്ളി

globule in Kannada

ಹನಿ, ಬೊಟ್ಟು, ತೊಟ್ಟು, ಗೋಳಕ, ಸಣ್ಣಗೋಳ, ಚಿಕ್ಕತೆರಳೆ

Examples of globule in a sentence

  • 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...
  • Mature female black rockfish and newborn (inset), which sports an oil globule (arrow) - its prepacked lunch.2005 June 4, Janet Raloff, “Empty Nets: Fisheries may be crippling themselves by targeting the big ones”, in Science News, archived from...

Forms of globule

pluralglobules

Origin of globule

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

Words formed from globule

Words that rhyme with globule

Questions about globule

What does globule mean?
Globule means a small round particle of substance; a drop.
What is globule in Tamil?
Globule in Tamil is சிற்றுருண்டை, துளி, கோளமான. See Globule meaning in Tamil.
How do you use globule in a sentence?
Each egg contained a single oil globule.
What part of speech is globule?
Globule is a noun.
How do you pronounce globule?
Globule is pronounced /ˈɡlɒbjuːl/ (UK).
What is the plural of globule?
The plural of globule is globules.

Words near globule in the dictionary

  1. globularities
  2. globularity
  3. globularly
  4. globularness
  5. globulars
  6. globule
  7. globules
  8. globulet
  9. globulets
  10. globuli
  11. globulicidal

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: globule (page history and authors); globule (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); globule (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); globule (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); globule (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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