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  • noun An extremely small particle.

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Examples

  • As Becky and her children prepare to cross the street in the morning, they are blasted with microparticle bursts of exhaust from a diesel bus, then a truck.

    The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

  • As Becky and her children prepare to cross the street in the morning, they are blasted with microparticle bursts of exhaust from a diesel bus, then a truck.

    The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

  • To learn more about areas the foundation is working on, he is doing intensive reading on education and science, and has monitored online college courses in geology, history and microparticle physics.

    Microsoft After Gates. (And Bill After Microsoft.) 2008

  • I don't care if I'm totally biased: it's a great story, and Chris is such a good person that even if you were inclined to hate every word of everything he wrote, you wouldn't be able to, because the guilt would weigh you down until you were a microparticle of frustrated bile bubbling in the interstices of the universe you previously inhabited.

    Pause 2004

  • I don't care if I'm totally biased: it's a great story, and Chris is such a good person that even if you were inclined to hate every word of everything he wrote, you wouldn't be able to, because the guilt would weigh you down until you were a microparticle of frustrated bile bubbling in the interstices of the universe you previously inhabited.

    Archive 2004-04-01 2004

  • Since 1992, Spherotech has been one of the world's leading microparticle manufacturers.

    News - chicagotribune.com 2011

  • » « I am very enthusiastic about joining GENFIT which, through its clinical research approaches and its progress in microparticle technologies, appears to be one of the most promising players in diagnostics and personalized medicine in the field of diabetes and its associated diseases.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • Assist in the development, evaluation, and manufacturing activities of microparticle products.

    News - chicagotribune.com 2011

  • "It's very challenging to find out what's causing this," Miami's Dr. Wenche Jy, who's leading the microparticle work, says of the age-of-blood debate.

    Channel3000.com - Local News 2010

  • After this may come a microparticle that can be used in dry cosmetics, such as face powder.

    Radio New Zealand News Headlines 2010

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