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Etymology 1 n. 1 One of the bowls used in the French game of boules. 2 A single-crystal ingot produced by synthetic means. 3 A round loaf of bread. 4 A round piece of dough 5 (context woodworking English) A through-sawn log with the slices restacked in the order and orientation they originally had in the log, usually with waney edges. vb. (cx transitive cooking rare nonstandard English) To shape (a piece of dough) into a ball. Etymology 2
n. (context woodworking English) (alternative form of buhl English) Etymology 3
n. A council of citizens in Ancient Greece
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In cities of ancient Greece, the boule (, boulē; plural βουλαί, boulai) was a council of 400-500 citizens (βουλευταί, bouleutai) appointed to run daily affairs of the city. Originally a council of nobles advising a king, boulai evolved according to the constitution of the city; in oligarchies boule positions might be hereditary, while in democracies members were typically chosen by lot, and served for one year. Little is known about the workings of many boulai, except in the case of Athens, for which extensive material has survived.
A boule is a single crystal ingot produced by synthetic means. A boule of silicon is the starting material for most of the integrated circuits used today.
thumb|left|upright=0.5| Monocrystalline silicon boule
In the semiconductor industry, boules can be made by a number of methods, such as the Bridgman technique and the Czochralski process, which result in a cylindrical rod of material.
In the Czochralski process a seed crystal is required to create a larger crystal, or ingot. This seed crystal is dipped into the pure molten silicon and slowly extracted. The molten silicon grows on the seed crystal in a crystalline fashion. As the seed is extracted the silicon solidifies and eventually a large, cylindrical boule is produced.
A semiconductor crystal boule is normally cut with a diamond saw into circular wafers, and each wafer is polished to provide substrates suitable for the fabrication of semiconductor devices on its surface.
The process is also used to create sapphires, which are used for substrates in the production of blue and white LEDs, optical windows in special applications and as the protective covers for watches.
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Boule may refer to:
- Boule, a casino game similar to roulette
- Boule (ancient Greece), plural boulai, an assembly forming part of city governments in Ancient Greece
- Boule (bread), a round loaf of white (often sourdough) bread, from boule, the French word for 'ball'
- Boule (community), a community of the Ivory Coast, West Africa
- Boule (crystal), a block of synthetically produced crystal material
- Boule (gene), an alias for the gene BOLL, responsible for sperm production in animals
- Boule Range, a range of the Canadian Rockies
- Boules, in full jeu de boules, a collective term for ball games involving metal balls aimed at a smaller target ball
- The Boulé, a reference to the Sigma Pi Phi fraternity, its chapters or meetings
- Marcellin Boule (1861–1942), French palaeontologist
Boule, from the French for "ball", is a traditional shape of French bread, resembling a squashed ball. It is a rustic loaf shape that can be made of any type of flour. A boule can be leavened with commercial yeast, chemical leavening, or even wild yeast sourdough. The name of this bread is the reason a bread baker is referred to as a "boulanger" in French, and a bread bakery a "boulangerie."
Usage examples of "boule".
When he had finished Boule de Suif, with a spontaneous impulse, with an emotion they never forgot, filled with enthusiasm at this revelation, they all rose and, without superfluous words, acclaimed him as a master.
Suddenly, in a flight of spontaneous perfection, he wrote Boule de Suif.
Several times Boule de Suif stooped, as if searching for something under her petticoats.
This indirect allusion to Boule de Suif shocked the respectable members of the party.
Then Boule le Suif, in low, humble tones, invited the nuns to partake of her repast.
Night fell, the darkness grew deeper and deeper, and the cold made Boule de Suif shiver, in spite of her plumpness.
At the end of about an hour he heard a rustling, peeped out quickly, and caught sight of Boule de Suif, looking more rotund than ever in a dressing-gown of blue cashmere trimmed with white lace.
Then Boule de Suif was surrounded, questioned, entreated on all sides to reveal the mystery of her visit to the officer.
They drew together in common resistance against the foe, as if some part of the sacrifice exacted of Boule de Suif had been demanded of each.
The women, above all, manifested a lively and tender sympathy for Boule de Suif.
Loiseau had an inspiration: he proposed that they should ask the officer to detain Boule de Suif only, and to let the rest depart on their way.
Every one suddenly appeared extremely busy, and kept as far from Boule de Suif as if tier skirts had been infected with some deadly disease.
And Boule de Suif still wept, and sometimes a sob she could not restrain was heard in the darkness between two verses of the song.
In his statements about the Miramar finds, Boule provides a classic case of prejudice and preconception masquerading as scientific objectivity.
For example, Boule said nothing at all about the abovementioned discovery of a human jaw in the Chapadmalalan at Miramar.