oil-drop
noun
1A drop of oil or lipid.
2Attributive denoting an experimental method of measuring the charge of the electron by means of the motion of electrically charged oil droplets.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.
- get a line on
- get a load of
- get along
- get a move on
- get a (or the) feel for (or of)
- get a room
- get around
- get a shift on
- get at
- get-at-able
- get away
- getaway
- get away with
- get away with (blue) murder
- get a wiggle on
- get a word in edgeways
- get back at
- get (back) into the swing of things
- get back to
- get busy
- get by
- get cracking
- get down
- get down to
- get down to brass tacks