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  • adjective Having a scale less than a micrometer.

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Examples

  • The chip has optical circuits, submicrometer scale "tiny strips of silicon called waveguides or photonic wires."

    Tahoe Daily Tribune - Top Stories 2010

  • E Ink's technology uses a layer of microcapsules filled with submicrometer black and white particles to create a low-power, reflective screen.

    Technology Review RSS Feeds 2009

  • They are developing electrode arrays for a spatial resolution at the submicrometer level, which would also allow them to follow significantly smaller particles with sub-microsecond resolution.

    unknown title 2009

  • They are developing electrode arrays for a spatial resolution at the submicrometer level, which would also allow them to follow significantly smaller particles with sub-microsecond resolution.

    PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

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