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microscopic

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


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It manufactures neodymium magnets by pouring liquid alloy onto a rotating, cooled disk, then rapidly quenching and pulverizing it to freeze the delicate crystalline structure at a microscopic scale before it can grow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

To overcome this challenge, the Rochester team carefully designed microscopic grooves on the black metal surface.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

Once infinities are excluded, quantum evolution must remain complete and reversible at the microscopic level — even in the presence of gravity.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

At the microscopic level, the bridge allows information to pass across what appears to us as an event horizon – a point of no return.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

The cross and heart were very tiny and made with microscopic stitches.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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