Etymology

microfluidics

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Today it means: The science concerned with the design and construction of microminiaturized devices containing chambers and tunnels through which fluids flow in a controlled manner; used to construct labs on a chip, ink-jet printer heads etc. Full definition →

English fluidics ← Middle English fluid ← Latin fluidus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰlewH-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰluH-yé-ti?
  8. Latinfluō
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  10. Latinfluidus
  11. Middle Englishfluid
  12. Englishfluid
  13. Englishfluidic
  14. Englishfluidics
  15. English todaymicrofluidics

From micro- + fluidics.

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