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micropattern

micropattern noun: a microscopic pattern.

Noun

micropattern (plural micropatterns)

  1. A microscopic pattern.

Verb

micropattern (third-person singular simple present micropatterns, present participle micropatterning, simple past and past participle micropatterned)

  1. To control the spatial arrangement of objects at the microscopic level
    • These modified substrates are utilized to pattern a single cell type, or to micropattern two cell types to control their level of interaction.1999, Sangeeta N. Bhatia, “Micropatterning cells in tissue engineering”, in Morgan & Yarmush, editors, Tissue Engineering Methods and Protocols, →ISBN, page 352

Forms of micropattern

Noun
pluralmicropatterns
Verb
third-person singular presentmicropatterns
present participlemicropatterning
past participlemicropatterned
pastmicropatterned

Origin of micropattern

From micro- + pattern. Piecewise doublet of micropatron.

Questions about micropattern

What does micropattern mean?
Micropattern means a microscopic pattern.
What part of speech is micropattern?
Micropattern can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of micropattern?
The plural of micropattern is micropatterns.

Words near micropattern in the dictionary

  1. micropatrologists
  2. micropatrology
  3. micropatron
  4. micropatronage
  5. micropatrons
  6. micropattern
  7. micropatterned
  8. micropatterning
  9. micropatterns
  10. micropause
  11. micropauses

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