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bubble

A pliable structure, usually a liquid, expanded by air or gas.

Meteorology
A term of art for a mesoscale area of high pressure, typically associated with cooler air from the rainy downdraft area of one or a complex of thunderstorms.

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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Mar 15 ( ANI ): Bubble tea, a flavoured fruit tea of Taiwan, has lately been gaining popularity amongst the Mumbaikars.

Bubble tea is making a splash in Mumbai

A bubble must promise real-world returns at some distant date.

What do bubbles mean?

Known internationally for his live bubble performances, traveling across Asia including Korea, Vietnam and Indonesia, Jung currently holds the Guinness World Record for creating the largest bubble, which held 100 people.

"Bubble Playground" Celebrates Exclusive Kids Exhibit Opening at The Source OC

The bubble will be filled with warm air, and it will float UP in the cold winter air

Ice bubbles!

And it doesn't have to be a spherical bubble - it can be in different shapes, including triangles, squares, rectangles and what have you.

Gazillion 3D bubble artists to stun Dubai

Kids are being encouraged to swap screens for a dose of "organic play" during magical, giant bubble making show at the Sharjah Children's Reading Festival, currently underway at Expo Centre Sharjah.

Organic play enthrall children at Sharjah

A new version of the companys iconic brand, Bubble Wrap IB is an ideal cushion packaging material for companies that want to enhance their e-commerce and supply chain efficiency.

United States : Sealed Airs New Bubble Wrap Ib Now Available Worldwide

The Jet Fuel Hydrodynamic Cavitation Bubble Size with Cavitation Power and Energy from Rayleigh-Plesset Equation," SAE Int.

The jet fuel hydrodynamic cavitation bubble size with cavitation power and energy from Rayleigh-Plesset equation

The bubble got me in the door--which means all my blissfully happy clients owe their happiness to a bubble.

What will the next bubble look like?

The volume of fluid (VOF) method [4] in CFD platform is used commonly for single bubble study in stagnant liquid.

Single bubble rise dynamic in glycerin solution: a CFD study

The housing bubble is said to be returning or has already returned.

'Bubbles' are nothing new

When we add to this growth trend the market speculation after winning the honour to host Expo 2020, manyare concerned that another bubble may be forming.