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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

Beneath the trees, roots and microscopic organisms steadily release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as they break down organic material and fuel plant growth.

From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026

Using a custom-built noncontact sensing system called HackKey, the team recorded the movements of all 88 piano keys at a speed of 1,000 frames per second and with microscopic spatial precision.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

The team's models tracked both microscopic particle collisions and large-scale movement throughout the enormous gas disk.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

Mendel’s question was microscopic: How does a single organism transmit information to its offspring over a single generation?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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