globule
Noun
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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.
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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.
As a globule collapses and the density increases, the gravitational energy converts into heat and the temperature rises.
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.
Shortly before settling into their more energetically favourable native conformation, molecules may pass through an intermediate " molten globule " state.