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microscale

adjective

  1. on or characterized by a relatively small or detailed scale
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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der. English micro- Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale English microscale From micro- + scale.

  1. Extending over a relatively small area, particularly less than 1 kilometer; smaller than mesoscale.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der. English micro- Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale English microscale From micro- + scale.

  1. A very small or microscopic scale.
  2. The scale of microanalysis.
  3. A scale of physical consideration or of bounds having a characteristic dimension typically ranging from 1 to 999 µm (under 1 mm).