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  • noun A microscopic pillar

Etymologies

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micro- +‎ pillar

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Examples

  • CNT micropillar densification by this method, and show that self-directed capillary densification enhances the Young's modulus and electrical conductivity of CNT micropillars by more than three orders of magnitude.

    Next Big Future 2010

  • Speaking of micropillar deformation, and from a theoretical point of view, I think it is healthy to distinguish low dislocation density from high dislocation density scenarios for it is evident that sufficiently small samples are not statistically homogeneous.

    iMechanica - Comments 2009

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