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Micropipe vs Micropile - What's the difference?

micropipe | micropile |

As nouns the difference between micropipe and micropile

is that micropipe is (crystallography) a defect in a single crystal substrate while micropile is microfleece (material).

micropipe

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia micropipe)
  • (crystallography) A defect in a single crystal substrate.

    • Synonyms

    * capillary defect * micropore * microtube * pinhole defect

    micropile

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Microfleece (material).
  • A type of pile used in building/construction.
  • Opening in the seed coat which allows water to enter.
  • An opening in the membranes surrounding the ovum, by which nutrition is assisted and the entrance of the spermatozoa permitted.
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