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Definition of Soap bubble
1. Noun. A bubble formed by a thin soap film.
Definition of Soap bubble
1. Noun. A very thin film of soap water that forms a sphere with an iridescent surface. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soap Bubble
Literary usage of Soap bubble
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Boys Handy Book by Daniel Carter Beard (1890)
"A SOAP-BUBBLE" il an uncouth, inelegant name for such an ethereal, fairy sphere.
... At the present time " soap-bubble parties " are becoming quite ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"The spherical form of the ordinary soap bubble is a direct result of the action
of surface tension, the geometrical condition being that with given volume ..."
3. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1906)
"THE SOAP-BUBBLE. . PYLE. - •%• "l>lt;'"||"^Vs§S^-<Jt*> I shall float and float
away from here, P* X)<p-''-I:-f •v-'jir &>C^,:i:Ji. ..."