micromorphologyn.
/ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)mɔːˈfɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˈˌmaɪkroʊˌmɔrˈfɑlədʒi/ Science.
The microscopic study of form or structure; form or structure (later esp. surface topography) on a microscopic scale.
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1948 Population Stud. 1 451 Animal experimentation has produced no facts which necessitate a revision of the cancer philosophy as it was created in the nineteenth century by the young science of micromorphology.
1971 Proc. 2nd Lunar Sci. Conf. (Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta Suppl. II) 1 916 A means of distinguishing between impact melted and volcanically derived components based on surface micromorphology alone has not as yet been established.
1984 J. J. Lowe & M. J. C. Walker Reconstructing Quaternary Environments iii. 118 Increasing emphasis has been placed on soil micromorphology in palaeopedology.
1989 Nature 8 June 430/1 The micromorphology of these incisions also reveals in which hand a tool was held.
1992 Current Anthropol. 33 535 The application of micromorphology as well as geochemical and more conventional sedimentological techniques has allowed a detailed reconstruction of the cave's geological and cultural history.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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