droplet

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a very small drop of liquid, especially one suspended in a gas or deposited on a surface

   A water droplet condensed around an ion in the cloud chamber.

Formed from drop + the diminutive suffix -let, literally "a small drop." The suffix came into English through French and is used to form nouns for smaller versions of things.

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