microexplosion

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noun

An extremely small-scale explosion.

OriginEnglish explosion ← French explosion ← Latin explosiōnem →
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Meanings

nounmicroexplosion (plural microexplosions)

plural microexplosions

  1. An extremely small-scale explosion.

Origin

  1. Englishmicro-
  2. Latinexplosiō
  3. Latinexplosiōnem
  4. Frenchexplosion
  5. Englishexplosion
  6. Englishmicroexplosion

From micro- + explosion.

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APA

microexplosion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microexplosion

MLA

“microexplosion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microexplosion. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microexplosion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microexplosion.

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