Pellet
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Pellet is a generic term used for a small particle or grain, typically one created by compressing an original material. The generic term is used in a variety of specific contexts.
- Pellet (air gun), non-spherical projectiles fired from air guns
- Airsoft pellets are the spherical plastic projectiles used in Airsoft guns
- The individual items of "shot" fired from a shotgun, are referred to as pellets
- In centrifugation, a pellet is the concentrated component of a mixture that had been centrifuged
- Animal feed pellets are feedstuffs produced from various raw materials and additives
- Plastic resin pellet, or nurdle
- Bird pellets are the round balls of undigested matter that some bird species occasionally regurgitate
- Wood pellets or corn pellets are used in pellet stoves
- Pelletizing is the industrial process used to create pellets - often using a pellet mill.
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