noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
tiny
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The rain fell in tiny , miserable droplets that were blown about by the wind.
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Some of the vapor condenses as tiny liquid droplets that cool rapidly.
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Through her half-closed eyelids she could see the tiny droplets of water glistening on his skin.
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It is only infectious in tiny airborne droplets of 5 microns or less, breathed into the lungs.
■ NOUN
water
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When water diffuses into an elastomer the water droplets form impurity sites.
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As frozen crystals come into contact as water droplets they fuse together forming even bigger crystals.
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Tilt the condensation tray at one end to prevent the water droplets from falling on the leaves and spoiling them.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Donna could feel perspiration soaking into her blouse and droplets beading on her forehead.
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His heart was thudding hard against his ribs and he felt the first droplet of perspiration pop on to his forehead.
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On the cabbage leaves of the cannas, huge, shining droplets of water repose.
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On the map it looks rather like an amoeba in the process of ingesting two small droplets of water.
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The wind whipped droplets of condensation into his face, where they mingled with his tears.
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Thus to speed up the fundamental combustion process requires that the fuel droplets be made as Small as possible.
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With extensive trauma or in filariasis, the presence of triglycerides increases with the triglycerides forming fat droplets.