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globule

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A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form.

A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc.

A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The world is nothing, the man is all; in yourself is the law of all nature, and you know not yet how a globule of sap ascends; in yourself slumbers the whole of Reason; it is for you to know all, it is for you to dare all. Ralph Waldo Emerson

As a globule collapses and the density increases, the gravitational energy converts into heat and the temperature rises. Source: Internet

Hollandaise and béarnaise sauces are stabilized with the powerful emulsifiers in the egg yolks, but butter itself contains enough emulsifiers—mostly remnants of the fat globule membranes—to form a stable emulsion on its own. Source: Internet

Shortly before settling into their more energetically favourable native conformation, molecules may pass through an intermediate " molten globule " state. Source: Internet

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