microscopic
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“Cloth cannot keep out microscopic viruses,” one character reprimands another, who prefers a scarf to his regulation mask.
Each year, millions of tons of microscopic plastic particles are released into the environment.
From Science Daily
The other is microscopic algae that live inside the coral's tissues and use sunlight to produce energy, which feeds the coral.
From Science Daily
When the sea overheats, corals eject the microscopic algae that provides their distinct colour and food source.
From Barron's
TOKYO—Imagine a sheet made of microscopic glass fibers, woven by a former silk maker and thinner than a human hair.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
