submicron
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- adjective
- /sʌbˈmaɪkrɒn/
- Specialized
- There is evidence, however, that submicron protein crystals are easier to grow, and an alternative way to acquire complete data sets is to take diffraction images from many small crystals, each yielding a single diffraction image before the crystal is irreversibly damaged.
Examples
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Much of the world is structured on submicron length scales; one need only look at the characteristic lengths of inhomogeneities in metals, composites, bones, and catalyst materials for examples.
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Achieving high frequencies in deep-submicron processor designs is a highly iterative process.
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This was pretty successful until just recently in deep submicron technologies.
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So to put any reasonable number on a chip, on a silicon chip, you need these to be submicron dimensions per synapse.
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An interferometric experiment would require submicron resolution to accurately measure such a rapid phase excursion and is not a practical option.
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Submicron debris bits from the wear surfaces of the joints trigger the body's reaction.
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Georgia Tech researchers say they may have found a way to create a nanobalance, a scale small enough to weigh viruses and other submicron scale particles.
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The researchers developed a new device that can detect particles smaller than one micron, focusing on submicron measurements.
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To improve performance, the engineers designed circuits using submicron technology, enabling them to fit more features into less space.
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The production of submicron materials is essential for advancements in nanotechnology and semiconductor industries.
Synonyms
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Too small to see with the naked eye or a normal microscope
How Small
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Submicron combines sub- meaning 'below' and micro meaning 'small', the same micro you see in microphone and microscope, so submicron describes something 'smaller than a micron', a very small unit meaning 'one millionth of a meter'.