picoindentation

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noun

picoscale indentation

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Meanings

nounpicoindentation (plural picoindentations)

plural picoindentations

  1. picoscale indentation

    Nanoscale toughening mechanisms are also identified using high load nanoindentation and in-situ TEM picoindentation..

    2016, Nicholas A. Yaraghi, Nicolás Guarín-Zapata, Lessa K. Grunenfelder, Eric Hintsala, Sanjit Bhowmick, Jon M. Hiller, Mark Betts, Edward L. Principe, Jae-Young Jung, Leigh Sheppard, Richard Wuhrer, Joanna McKittrick, Pablo D. Zavattieri, David Kisailus, “A Sinusoidally-Architected Helicoidal Biocomposite”, in arXiv

Origin

From pico- + indentation.

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picoindentation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picoindentation

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“picoindentation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picoindentation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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