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macropore

macropore noun: a macroscopic pore; any pore sufficiently wide to allow water or another liquid to flow unimpeded by capillary action.

Noun

macropore (plural macropores)

  1. A macroscopic pore; any pore sufficiently wide to allow water or another liquid to flow unimpeded by capillary action
  2. A pore of greater than 50 nanometers.

Forms of macropore

pluralmacropores

Origin of macropore

From macro- + pore.

Words formed from macropore

Questions about macropore

What does macropore mean?
Macropore means a macroscopic pore; any pore sufficiently wide to allow water or another liquid to flow unimpeded by capillary action.
What part of speech is macropore?
Macropore is a noun.
What is the plural of macropore?
The plural of macropore is macropores.

Words near macropore in the dictionary

  1. macropolycyclic
  2. macropolyhedral
  3. macropolymer
  4. macropolymers
  5. macropopulist
  6. macropore
  7. macropores
  8. macroporosities
  9. macroporosity
  10. macroporous
  11. macroposthia

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