Meanings
- not comparableExtremely or exceedingly small.
Magnetic resonance force microscopy employs an ultrasmall cantilever arm as a platform for specimens that are then moved in and out of proximity to a tiny magnet.
2009 January 13, John Markoff, “A Breakthrough in Imaging: Seeing a Virus in Three Dimensions”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Sep 20191 more example
In the hip science of ultrasmall nanotechnology, fantastical future possibilities like rampaging nanorobots capture the most attention, but the first fruits of the field have been more mundane: tiny bits of mostly ordinary stuff that just sit there.
2005 February 22, Kenneth Chang, “Tiny Is Beautiful: Translating 'Nano' Into Practical”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2021Synonyms: infinitesimal
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveExtremely or exceedingly small.
Origin
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