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- noun the
manipulation of objects too small to be seen with the unaided eye
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Examples
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The power of the method is demonstrated for the field of micromanipulation, which is very sensitive to wavefront distortions.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Tomáš Čižmár 2010
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Of these they managed to successfully fertilize 6, using a micromanipulation technique called intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI).
A New Cosmic Variant John 2008
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In this slide, you can see there a lot of procedures in micromanipulation.
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They're still better at micromanipulation than any human.
Flinx In Flux Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1988
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They're still better at micromanipulation than any human.
Flinx In Flux Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1988
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"Light can indeed pull a particle," the authors wrote, "...and this may open up new avenues for optical micromanipulation, of which typical examples include transporting a particle backward over a long distance and particle sorting."
BBC News - Home 2011
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Such aberrations are severely detrimental to optimal performance in imaging, nanosurgery, nanofabrication and micromanipulation, as well as other techniques within modern microscopy.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Tomáš Čižmár 2010
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"But we believe that this technique will be useful for micromanipulation of submillimeter objects or operating the movable parts of microfluidic devices."
Princeton University Top Stories Argonne National Laboratory 2010
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The PI's laboratory is fully equipped for the entire process of generating new mouse models, including ES cell culturing and embryo micromanipulation.
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This opens up new perspectives for optical micromanipulation in colloidal and biological physics and may be useful for various forms of advanced imaging.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Tomáš Čižmár 2010
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