spherule

[ sfer-ool, -yool, sfeer- ]

noun

1. a small sphere or spherical body.

spherule

/ ˈsfɛruːl /

noun

1. a very small sphere or globule

Derived Forms

• ˈspherular, adjective

Other Words From

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of spherule¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of spherule¹

C17: from Late Latin sphaerula a little sphere

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.

From Popular-Science

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.

From Popular-Science

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.

From Science News

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

From Quanta Magazine

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• dot
• pellet
• stone