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freeze-fracture

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[freez-frak-cher] / ˈfrizˈfræk tʃər /

verb (used with object)

freeze-fractured, freeze-fracturing
  1. to prepare (material) for the electron microscope by freeze fracturing.


Etymology

Origin of freeze-fracture

First recorded in 1965–70

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