microcrack
English
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editNoun
editmicrocrack (plural microcracks)
- A microscopic crack
Verb
editmicrocrack (third-person singular simple present microcracks, present participle microcracking, simple past and past participle microcracked)
- To cause the formation of microscopic cracks
- 1996, E.M. Winkler, “Properties of marble as building veneer”, in International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining, volume 33, number 2, :
- Granitic rocks are microcracked by differential contraction during cooling of the magma.