fleck

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A nanoparticle is a fleck of material ranging in size approximately between 1 and 100 nanometers.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2024

Mercifully just south of the Atlantic's Hurricane Alley, Trinidad appears on the map like a small fleck of land that has been chipped off the coast of Venezuela.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2023

When they dialed the pressure back up to as little as 0.3 gigapascals, the blue fleck turned pink as the electrical resistance plunged to zero.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 8, 2023

Downing, who lives in Austin, Texas, recalled once finding a nail baked into a tile; another time, she noticed a rogue blue fleck in white tile.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 23, 2022

The Plant had gone to seed, and we had swept every tiny fleck into a labeled envelope, which had then been placed in a labeled jar, which had then been locked in the library cabinet.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly