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microfluidics

microfluidics noun: the science concerned with the design and construction of microminiaturized devices containing chambers and tunnels through which fluids flow in a controlled manner; used to construct labs on a chip, ink-jet printer heads etc.

Noun

microfluidics (uncountable)

  1. The science concerned with the design and construction of microminiaturized devices containing chambers and tunnels through which fluids flow in a controlled manner; used to construct labs on a chip, ink-jet printer heads etc.
  2. The study of microfluids.

Origin of microfluidics

From micro- + fluidics.

Words formed from microfluidics

Questions about microfluidics

What does microfluidics mean?
Microfluidics means the science concerned with the design and construction of microminiaturized devices containing chambers and tunnels through which fluids flow in a controlled manner; used to construct labs on a chip, ink-jet printer heads etc.
What part of speech is microfluidics?
Microfluidics is a noun.

Words near microfluidics in the dictionary

  1. microfluctuations
  2. microfluid
  3. microfluidal
  4. microfluidic
  5. microfluidically
  6. microfluidics
  7. microfluidiser
  8. microfluidisers
  9. microfluidity
  10. microfluidization
  11. microfluidize

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