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soap bubble

noun

  1. a bubble of soapsuds.
  2. something that lacks substance or permanence.


soap bubble

noun

  1. a bubble formed from soapy water
  2. something that is ephemeral but attractive
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of soap bubble1

First recorded in 1805–15
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Our cells are surrounded by a fragile membrane that's only 5 nanometers thick, 1/20 of a soap bubble.

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The clusters can undergo phase separation and form dense, liquid droplets, which in turn merge into larger aggregations -- similar to how soap bubbles coalesce.

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Over billions of years, gravity pulled additional material into those baryon-dense regions, and galaxies and galactic clusters preferentially formed along their boundaries in thin shells like dust settling on a soap bubble.

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The hopes of the Vikings are as fleeting and ethereal as the snowflake-like soap bubbles that float down from the ceiling of the stadium before kickoff, giving the place a winter wonderland effect.

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One example involves the skin of a soap bubble stretched over a surface.

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