microfluidics

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noun

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.

OriginEnglish fluidics ← Middle English fluid ← Latin fluidus →
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Meanings

nounmicrofluidics (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe 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.
  2. uncountablenatural sciencesThe study of microfluids.

Origin

  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. Englishmicrofluidics

From micro- + fluidics.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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