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microscopic

[mahy-kruh-skop-ik] / ˌmaɪ krəˈskɒp ɪk /


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The raiders replicate the Etruscan technique by flinging molten gold downward in frigid air where it solidifies into microscopic beads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

A central concept is entropy, which describes how many different microscopic arrangements a system can have while appearing unchanged from the outside.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

Unlike larger molecules, LDL particles are small enough to leave the bloodstream without passing through the microscopic openings in LSECs.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

The suspected culprit is chytridiomycosis, often called chytrid, a disease caused by the microscopic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026

Lawrence stunned his colleagues with the disclosure that the Rad Lab had isolated a microscopic quantity of U-235 on the very day before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik


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