imperceptible

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Since then, an October study published in the journal Frontiers in Sports and Active Living showed just how much could be gained by a nearly imperceptible amount of extra fabric.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

"Traditionally, the intense heat of firing destroys any biological residue. However, our technique has been able to reveal fingerprint ridges that would otherwise remain imperceptible."

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

The hum of the electric motor is imperceptible, and it is only at speed that the sound of the rolling wheels on the road breaks through.

From BBC • Sep. 3, 2025

The weirdly urgent task lies in asking ourselves whether we have become unwitting accomplices in the imperceptible attempts to make some people unseeable, and why we might be willing to accept that.

From Slate • May 21, 2025

Step by step it evolved, so slowly as to be nearly imperceptible.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick