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Etymology 1 n. 1 a rill, a small stream 2 (context obsolete English) a spinning top vb. to flow, spurt Etymology 2
n. 1 a pellet, a granule, a small bead 2 rich copper ore remaining after removal of low-grade material; a droplet of copper suspended in molten slag 3 (context mining English) A nugget of virgin metal. 4 The button of metal from an assay. vb. to produce pellets by forming a molten substance into droplets which solidify while falling Etymology 3
n. The brill, a kind of flatfish.
Wikipedia
A prill is a small aggregate or globule of a material, most often a dry sphere, formed from a melted liquid. Prilled is a term used in mining and manufacturing to refer to a product that has been pelletized. The pellets are a neater, simpler form for handling, with reduced dust.
The material to be prilled must be in a solid state at room temperature and a low-viscosity liquid when melted. Prills are formed by allowing drops of the melted prill substance to congeal or freeze in mid-air after being dripped from the top of a tall prilling tower. Certain agrochemicals such as urea are often supplied in prilled form. Fertilizers ( ammonium nitrate, urea, NPK fertilizer) and some detergent powders are commonly manufactured as prills.
Melted material may also be atomized and then allowed to form smaller prills that are useful in cosmetics, food, and animal feed. Prills have also been used to protect active ingredients from exposure to environmental factors and to cover up the flavor of bitter nutraceuticals.
Usage examples of "prill".
But Prill had never walked the streets of Earth, to meet common thieves.
Glen Hirshberg, Nathan Ballingrud, David Prill, Lucius Shepard, Terry Bisson, Paul McAuley, Paul Di Filippo and Howard Waldrop, plus reprint fiction from Frank Belknap Long, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Charles L.
Otto Prill, a foreman at the Amada margarine factory, celebrated their wedding in the autumn of 1932.
Several standard prills of the same size should be made at the same time, and their mean diameter calculated.
Dense prills, such as agricultural grade, often are not detonable at all.
Balanced over a drop of ninety feet, he had been eager enough to see Nessus use the tasp on Prill.