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droplet

noun as in small amount of liquid

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The virus is transmitted through direct contact between people, or through airborne droplets in coughs and sneezes.

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The disease is transmitted through direct contact between people, or through airborne droplets in coughs and sneezes.

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The bright yellow compound is known to latch onto water droplets that are already present in clouds, converting them into ice crystals that can fall as rain or snow, depending on the temperature below.

Legionnaires' disease is a lung infection most commonly contracted through the inhalation of water droplets containing Legionella bacteria.

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To some extent it fits the coldness of the quartet — they hug and hoot and occasionally express a droplet of emotion, but the friendship on which they insist is competitive, transactional and illusory.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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