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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A small spherical [[particle]] of any liquid; in meteorology, particularly a water droplet.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">There is no defined size limit separating droplets from drops of water, but it is sometimes  convenient to denote two disparate size ranges, such as the oft-used distinction of liquid [[cloud]]  particles (droplets) from liquid [[precipitation]] (drops), thereby implying that a maximum diameter  of 0.2 mm (0.008 in.) is the limit for droplets. <br/>''See'' [[cloud droplet]], [[drizzle drop]], [[drop]], [[raindrop]].</div><br/> </div>
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