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SUBMICROSCOPIC [1 record]

Record 1 2003-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

Too small to be resolved and made visible by the ordinary light microscope.

CONT

A bar magnet, on a submicroscopic scale, is really a collection of iron atoms, each acting as a little elementary magnet.

PHR

submicroscopic machine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Qui concerne les êtres et les phénomènes trop petits pour être observés au microscope [...]

OBS

à distinguer de : ultramicroscopique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
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