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microtechnique

microtechnique noun: the art of preparing objects for examination under a microscope.

Noun

microtechnique (plural microtechniques)

  1. The art of preparing objects for examination under a microscope.
  2. Any small-scale technique.
    • The prominence of domestic fiction suggests the degree to which such power did not in fact rely on overtly juridical or economic means so much as on cultural hegemony, that is, on the notion of the family, norms of sexual behavior, the polite use of language, the regulation of leisure time, and all...1987, Nancy Armstrong, Desire and Domestic Fiction, page 201

Forms of microtechnique

pluralmicrotechniques

Origin of microtechnique

From micro- + technique.

Questions about microtechnique

What does microtechnique mean?
Microtechnique means the art of preparing objects for examination under a microscope.
What part of speech is microtechnique?
Microtechnique is a noun.
What is the plural of microtechnique?
The plural of microtechnique is microtechniques.

Words near microtechnique in the dictionary

  1. microteachers
  2. microteaches
  3. microteaching
  4. microtear
  5. microtears
  6. microtechnique
  7. microtechniques
  8. microtechnological
  9. microtechnologically
  10. microtechnologies
  11. microtechnologist

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