microcrack

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noun

A microscopic crack.

OriginEnglish crack ← Middle English crakken ← Old English cracian →
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Meanings

nounmicrocrack (plural microcracks)

plural microcracks · alternative micro-crack

  1. A microscopic crack.
verbmicrocrack (third-person singular simple present microcracks, present participle microcracking, simple past and past participle microcracked)

present singular third person microcracks · participle present microcracking · participle past microcracked · past microcracked · alternative micro-crack

  1. To cause the formation of microscopic cracks.

    Granitic rocks are microcracked by differential contraction during cooling of the magma.

    1996, E.M. Winkler, “Properties of marble as building veneer”, in International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining, volume 33, number 2, →DOI

Origin

  1. Englishmicro-
  2. Old Englishcracian
  3. Middle Englishcrakken
  4. Englishcrack
  5. Englishmicrocrack

From micro- + crack.

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APA

microcrack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microcrack

MLA

“microcrack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microcrack. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microcrack,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microcrack.

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