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Definition of "microanalysis" [mi•cro•a•nal•y•sis]

  • The chemical identification and analysis of extremely small quantities of matter. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "microanalysis" in a sentence
  • "Graz in 1923 for his development of organic microanalysis."
  • "The microanalysis of every minute creates an atmosphere of constant high drama."
  • ""Lincoln at Gettysburg" follows up his 1978 "Inventing America," a microanalysis of the Declaration of Independence that decoded "the lost language of the Enlightenment" in which Jefferson wrote it."