Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small pit or pore in the shell of a chitinoid mollusk containing a microscopic sense-organ: opposed to megalopore.

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  • noun A microscopic pore

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Examples

  • Her body was a latticework of suture lines and micropore patches, and while her chest raised and lowered, he could see the labour of her breathing.

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  • Her body was a latticework of suture lines and micropore patches, and while her chest raised and lowered, he could see the labour of her breathing.

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  • A transparent cast ran from her knee to a few millimeters below her crotch, the skin beneath the rigid micropore mottled with bruises, the black shading into ugly yellow.

    Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth Boudreau Freret 2010

  • A patch of brilliantly white micropore covered her damaged lens; the other flashed emptily as her head bobbed with the motion of the chair.

    Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth Boudreau Freret 2010

  • She'd left the micropore cast on the bedslab in their loft, beside the transdermal inducer.

    Wonder Woman and the Lasso of Truth Boudreau Freret 2010

  • Several trips to California and a keen sense of curiosity have informed him of the wonders, as well as dangers, of centrifuges and German micropore filtering machines that can clarify and stabilize a wine in a matter of minutes as well as remove most of its flavor so that no winemaker will ever have to worry about an unstable bottle.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Several trips to California and a keen sense of curiosity have informed him of the wonders, as well as dangers, of centrifuges and German micropore filtering machines that can clarify and stabilize a wine in a matter of minutes as well as remove most of its flavor so that no winemaker will ever have to worry about an unstable bottle.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Several trips to California and a keen sense of curiosity have informed him of the wonders, as well as dangers, of centrifuges and German micropore filtering machines that can clarify and stabilize a wine in a matter of minutes as well as remove most of its flavor so that no winemaker will ever have to worry about an unstable bottle.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Several trips to California and a keen sense of curiosity have informed him of the wonders, as well as dangers, of centrifuges and German micropore filtering machines that can clarify and stabilize a wine in a matter of minutes as well as remove most of its flavor so that no winemaker will ever have to worry about an unstable bottle.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

  • Several trips to California and a keen sense of curiosity have informed him of the wonders, as well as dangers, of centrifuges and German micropore filtering machines that can clarify and stabilize a wine in a matter of minutes as well as remove most of its flavor so that no winemaker will ever have to worry about an unstable bottle.

    The World’s Greatest Wine Estates Jr. Robert M. Parker 2005

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