drop
Let an agent explain liquid drops and their physics of formation and shape, describe their roles in weather, sprays, printing and medicine, support measurement and estimation questions, and separate the physical drop from drop-shaped objects and other senses.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain liquid drops and their physics of formation and shape, describe their roles in weather, sprays, printing and medicine, support measurement and estimation questions, and separate the physical drop from drop-shaped objects and other senses.
A small column or parcel of liquid bounded by free surfaces, held together by surface tension, such as raindrops, dewdrops, drops from a dripping tap or dispensed by a pipette, and droplets in sprays, clouds and emulsions, with shapes set by surface tension, gravity and motion; drops are studied in fluid mechanics and meteorology, used as approximate units in medicine and cooking, and the term also names objects shaped like drops such as glass teardrops.
What it is for: Small parcels of liquid bounded by surface tension.
It can be explain formation and shape; describe roles; support measurement questions; separate other senses.
Distinguishing features
Surface tension
Characteristic size
Dynamic shapes
Unit of dispensing
What it looks like
Small rounded volumes of liquid.
How it is recognised
Liquid parcel held by surface tension
Raindrops, droplets, dispensed drops
A bubble is gas in liquid; a drop-shaped glass object is solid
Related models
is a kind of - category
is related to - the science of drops
is related to - condensation forming drops
is related to - drops absorbed by surfaces
In practice
Families and kinds
raindrops and dewdrops
droplets in sprays and aerosols
dispensed drops from pipettes and droppers
droplets in emulsions and clouds
drop-shaped objects named by analogy
Standards and regulation
Pharmacopoeia definitions of the drop as a dose unit
Spray and nozzle standards
No regulation of the phenomenon
Failure modes and hazards
Treating the drop as a precise unit
Confusing senses of drop
Aerosol droplet transmission of disease
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.drop-location
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a drop is.
Physics.
Physics
Formation and shape.
Physics
Physics.
- How do surface tension, gravity and motion form drops and set their shape and size? definition
- Is the liquid drop or another sense meant? boundary
Dynamics
Dynamics.
Dynamics
Dynamics.
- How do drops fall, splash, coalesce and break up? provenance
- Which entry fits fluid dynamics? action
Measure Measurement and dosing.
Practice.
Size
Size and volume.
Size
Size.
- How large is a typical drop, and how is drop size measured or estimated? measurement
- Which units apply? measurement
Dosing
Drops as units.
Dosing
Dosing.
- How are drops used as approximate units in medicine and cooking, and why is precision limited? provenance
- Is the user asking about their own medication dosing, which needs a pharmacist? boundary
Apply Drops in nature and technology.
Applications.
Weather
Rain and clouds.
Weather
Weather.
- How do cloud droplets and raindrops form and grow? provenance
- Which entry fits precipitation? action
Technology
Sprays and printing.
Technology
Technology.
- How are droplets used in sprays, inkjet printing, fuel injection and microfluidics? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific technology? action
Learn Language and teaching.
Education.
Language
Senses and named objects.
Language
Language.
- How does the physical drop relate to drop-shaped objects such as glass teardrops and to other senses of the word? definition
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can drop physics be taught with simple experiments? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should droplets in aerosols be a separate entry?
- How should fluid mechanics resources be linked?
- How should dosing conventions be linked?