microscale

noun

mi·​cro·​scale ˈmī-krō-ˌskāl How to pronounce microscale (audio)
: a very small scale

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PAMs at the microscale can also expand or contract in response to electrical charges. Ars Technica, 31 Jan. 2025 For Hoel, emergent systems are ones whose macroscale behavior has some immunity to randomness or noise at the microscale. Philip Ball, WIRED, 21 July 2024 Stalactites and stalagmites are examples of speleothems, but microscale deposits can also build up on cave walls, including sections that contain artwork. Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2021 These steps – from phenomenology to causality and ultimately predictive intervention – are challenging for microbiome research efforts, given the enormously complex interactions occurring on the microscale. Jeffrey Marlow, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2017 The fluidic and elastomeric architectures required for function span several orders of magnitude from the microscale to the macroscale. IEEE Spectrum, 26 Aug. 2016

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of microscale was in 1929

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“Microscale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microscale. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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