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microcomb

microcomb noun: a microscopic comb used as a refraction grating.

Noun

microcomb (plural microcombs)

  1. A microscopic comb used as a refraction grating
    • This technique provides new degrees of freedom and enhanced flexibility in engineering the dispersion of microcomb resonators..2015, Hojoong Jung, Menno Poot, Hong X. Tang, “In-resonator variation of waveguide cross-sections for dispersion control of aluminum nitride micro-rings”, in arXiv

Forms of microcomb

pluralmicrocombs

Origin of microcomb

From micro- + comb.

Questions about microcomb

What does microcomb mean?
Microcomb means a microscopic comb used as a refraction grating.
What part of speech is microcomb?
Microcomb is a noun.
What is the plural of microcomb?
The plural of microcomb is microcombs.

Words near microcomb in the dictionary

  1. microcolorimetrically
  2. microcolorimetry
  3. microcolumn
  4. microcolumnar
  5. microcolumns
  6. microcomb
  7. microcombs
  8. microcombustion
  9. microcomedo
  10. microcomedone
  11. microcomedones

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