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micro-scale

micro-scale is the alternative form of microscale.

Meaning of microscale

Noun

microscale (plural microscales)

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

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Forms of micro-scale

pluralmicro-scales

Questions about micro-scale

What is micro-scale the alternative form of?
Micro-scale is the alternative form of microscale.

Words near micro-scale in the dictionary

  1. micro-retailing
  2. micro-retiree
  3. micro-retirees
  4. micro-retirement
  5. micro-retirements
  6. micro-scale
  7. micro-scales
  8. micro-school
  9. micro-schools
  10. micro-sized
  11. micro-targeting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: micro-scale (page history and authors); microscale (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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