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microstructure

microstructure noun: the fine structure of a material or tissue as revealed by microscopy.

microstructure: the fine structure of a material or tissue as revealed by microscopy
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Noun

microstructure (countable and uncountable, plural microstructures)

  1. The fine structure of a material or tissue as revealed by microscopy.
  2. The fine structure of a pure metal or alloy, as revealed by magnifications of 25X or greater.
  3. Fine-scale structure in such variables as temperature, salinity, velocity, etc.

microstructure meaning in Tamil

microstructure in Tamil

நுண்ணிய கட்டமைப்பு

Examples of microstructure in a sentence

  • This paper addresses the microstructure change induced by swelling for natural stiff Teguline clays.
  • Endocytoscopy revealed cellular microstructures resembling spindle-shaped smooth muscle cells comparable to bench microscopy (Fig. 56.3A).
  • The microstructure shows tempered martensite and bands of ferrite, associated with corrosion cracks.

All 11 example sentences with microstructure

Antonyms of microstructure

Forms of microstructure

pluralmicrostructures

Origin of microstructure

From micro- + structure.

Words formed from microstructure

Questions about microstructure

What does microstructure mean?
Microstructure means the fine structure of a material or tissue as revealed by microscopy.
What is microstructure in Tamil?
Microstructure in Tamil is நுண்ணிய கட்டமைப்பு. See Microstructure meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is microstructure?
Microstructure is a noun.
What is the plural of microstructure?
The plural of microstructure is microstructures.

Words near microstructure in the dictionary

  1. microstrokes
  2. microstromatolite
  3. microstromatolites
  4. microstructural
  5. microstructurally
  6. microstructure
  7. microstructured
  8. microstructures
  9. microstructuring
  10. microstudies
  11. microstudy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: microstructure (page history and authors); microstructure (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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