submillimeter
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of submillimeter
First recorded in 1950–55; sub- + millimeter
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Ortega-Jiménez conducted dozens of experiments, recording them with a special high-speed camera capable of capturing the midair trajectories of the submillimeter worms, which are essentially invisible to the human eye, at 10,000 frames per second.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2025
The next step in this research is to scale the robot down to submillimeter scales.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2023
In addition, some of the puzzle-piece-like parts of the vacuum vessel—intended to fit together with submillimeter precision—proved not to be manufactured as precisely as needed.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 15, 2023
Follow-up observations of these galaxies at longer wavelengths with Webb’s midinfrared instrument or ground-based radio telescopes sensitive to submillimeter waves could reveal the gas clouds actively building stars.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 9, 2022
A simulation of how gas flows in a "submillimeter galaxy."
From The Verge ● Sep. 23, 2015
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