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microporous

microporous adjective: having micropores of a size less than 2 nanometres.

Adjective

microporous

  1. Having micropores of a size less than 2 nanometres.

Origin of microporous

From micro- + porous.

Words formed from microporous

Questions about microporous

What does microporous mean?
Microporous means having micropores of a size less than 2 nanometres.
What part of speech is microporous?
Microporous is an adjective.

Words near microporous in the dictionary

  1. microporelliform
  2. micropores
  3. microporidiosis
  4. microporosities
  5. microporosity
  6. microporous
  7. microporphyric
  8. microporphyritic
  9. microportrait
  10. microportraits
  11. micropositioner

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