noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A macroscopic pore; any pore sufficiently wide to allow water or another liquid to flow unimpeded by capillary action
2. 2
   A pore of greater than 50 nanometers.

Etymology

From macro- + pore.

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