micro-scalen.adj.

1929 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 124 13 Both the Curie point phenomena are primary effects resulting from the change over from the unmagnetised to the magnetised state on the microscale.

1931 J. W. Brown in C. A. Mitchell Recent Adv. Analyt. Chem. II. xv. 306 The work of Emich inspired Fritz Pregl..to attempt to carry out organic determinations on a micro scale.

1946 R. Belcher & C. L. Wilson Qualitative Inorg. Microanal. i. 3 This does not arise on the micro scale, because of the larger amounts of ethanol used to ensure complete precipitation.

1961 New Scientist 16 Mar. 670/3 These materials are, however, crude on a microscale—they are porous and they contain impurities.

1964 N. G. Clark Mod. Org. Chem. xxiv. 496 It became imperative to develop techniques demanding smaller samples. This was achieved in 1911 by Pregl, using 1–5 mg of material (micro-scale).

1968 C. A. Doxiadis Between Dystopia & Utopia 52 Projecting in the macro-scale..is easier than in the micro-scale. It is easier to predict where the future population will settle..than what type of house, or dress, a certain lady is going to like next year.

1979 Amer. Notes & Queries 17 133/2 It is his habit not to draw conclusions of his own, but rather quote American critics... The result is the absence of a critical conclusiveness on either micro or macro scale.

1991 M. Benedikt Cyberspace (1993) 126 Our understanding of physical space's actual dimensionality, size, curvature, and grain at the macro- and microscales is less advanced.

1956 Nature 25 Feb. 378/2 Schindler's procedure, which was adapted to microscale working, was followed. 2–5 mgm. of vitamin B₁₂ is dissolved in 500 μl. of 10 per cent aqueous ammonium chloride solution.

1967 Jrnl. Negro Educ. 36 107 In evaluating the micro-scale efforts of business organizations to alleviate structural unemployment, one must conclude that..their efforts so far have not significantly affected the position of unemployed youth.

1981 Chem. Engin. 23 Mar. 77/3 One answer could be the use of thermal-degradation procedures done on a microscale level.

1989 Appl. Linguistics 10 149 Generalizations, rules, and axioms..are gross, approximate ways of dealing with the outcomes of processes made up of large numbers of microscale elements.

1995 Dallas Morning News 12 Mar. (Sports Day ed.) 9 g/2 In a two-hour ramble of the grounds, it is possible to get a micro-scale view of the desert, complete with living representatives of indigenous plants, insects, birds and beasts.