variants
also microscopical
as in tiny
very small in size
even a microscopic speck of dust in the eye will cause pain
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Whenever new materials come in for manufacturing, engineers put them to the test, ranging from microscopic and X-ray inspections to shooting pellets at the fabrics.
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Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2024
Though microscopic relative to what the rich pay, call the taxes an awakening of sorts.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
But what keeps the stories compelling across so many volumes is the detailing of his local ecosystem of horses and sheep and humans and pets and farmland and microscopic agents of disease, all bound together in illness and wellness.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
Microbes as Medicine Ever since scientists realized that microscopic organisms can cause illness – what’s called the 19th-century germ theory of disease – humanity has been on a quest to keep infectious agents out of our bodies.
—Bill Sullivan, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
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Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2024
Though microscopic relative to what the rich pay, call the taxes an awakening of sorts.
—John Tamny, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
But what keeps the stories compelling across so many volumes is the detailing of his local ecosystem of horses and sheep and humans and pets and farmland and microscopic agents of disease, all bound together in illness and wellness.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
Microbes as Medicine Ever since scientists realized that microscopic organisms can cause illness – what’s called the 19th-century germ theory of disease – humanity has been on a quest to keep infectious agents out of our bodies.
—Bill Sullivan, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024
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