microtopography
microtopography noun: microrelief.
Noun
microtopography (plural microtopographies)
- microrelief
- It is this interface, delineated by chemical and structural features on the surface of the organism (such as concentration and localization of cytochromes and reductases and the physical structure of the outer membrane) and the mineral surface (such as density and coordination of iron-oxide...2001 May 18, Steven K. Lower et al., “Bacterial Recognition of Mineral Surfaces: Nanoscale Interactions Between Shewanella and alpha -FeOOH”, in Science, volume 292, number 5520, →DOI, pages 1360–1363
- Each surface of phlogopite, or any other mineral, must behave according to the particular atomic structure, composition, and microtopography of that surface.1999 August 6, Eric Rufe, Michael F. Hochella, “Quantitative Assessment of Reactive Surface Area of Phlogopite During Acid Dissolution”, in Science, volume 285, number 5429, →DOI, pages 874–876
Forms of microtopography
| plural | microtopographies |
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Origin of microtopography
From micro- + topography.
Words that rhyme with microtopography
- geography
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- orthography
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- chirography
- hagiography
- heliography
- phonography
- semiography
- acrography
- autography
- bibliography
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- cacography
- chromography
- demography
- discography
- iconography
- isography
- logography
- ludography
- metallography
- micrography
- paleography
- pantography
- pornography
- scenography
- typography
- videography
- aerography
- archaeography
- arteriography
- arthrography
- autobiography
- autohagiography
- biogeography
- biography
- cartography
- cerography
- chronography
- cinematography
- cosmography
- crystallography
- dactylography
- demonography
- dittography
- electrography
- enterography
- ethnography
- etymography
- exogeography
- fluorography
- galvanography
- glossography
- heterography
- historiography
- homography
- horologiography
- ichnography
- laryngography
- mechanography
Questions about microtopography
- What does microtopography mean?
- Microtopography means microrelief.
- What part of speech is microtopography?
- Microtopography is a noun.
- What is the plural of microtopography?
- The plural of microtopography is microtopographies.
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