Usually means: Contains very small, interconnected pores.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. microporous: Merriam-Webster
  2. microporous: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. microporous: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Microporous, microporous: Wordnik
  5. microporous: Wiktionary
  6. microporous: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. microporous: Dictionary.com

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  1. microporous: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. microporous: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. microporous: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (microporous)

▸ adjective:  (of a material) Having micropores of a size less than 2 nanometres.

Similar:
mesoporous, macroporous, ultramicroporous, nanoporous, submicrometric, microsize, submicronic, submicrometer, subnanometric, supermacroporous, more...

Opposite:
macroporous, non-porous, impermeable

Types:
reticulated, open-celled, closed-celled, more...

Phrases:
Microporous material, more...

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Similar:
mesoporous, macroporous, ultramicroporous, nanoporous, submicrometric, microsize, submicronic, submicrometer, subnanometric, supermacroporous, more...

Opposite:
macroporous, non-porous, impermeable

Types:
reticulated, open-celled, closed-celled, more...

Phrases:
Microporous material, more...



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