Meaning

2 senses

  1. A microscopic pore

  2. A pore of size 0-2 nanometers

Origin

From micro- + pore.

From micro- + pore.

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Forms

plural: micropores
Singularmicropore
Pluralmicropores

regular

Word family

7 related words
Relatedmacroporemesoporemilliporenanopore
Derivedmicroporoussupermicroporeultramicropore

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
micromanagemicroorganismB2microphoneB2microprocessormicroscopeB2microscopicB2

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