adj
Meaning 1
Exhibiting microplasticity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
microplastic
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noun
Meaning 2
Small particles of plastic (typically less than 5 mm) produced by the degradation of plastic products, found in high levels in the marine environment and increasingly throughout all environments and in food and drinks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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History
Etymology
From micro- + plastic.
Across languages
Translations
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Basque: mikroplastiko — small particles of plastic
- Catalan: microplàstic — small particles of plastic
- Chinese Mandarin: 微塑料 (wēisùliào) — small particles of plastic
- Danish: mikroplast — small particles of plastic
- Dutch: microplastic — small particles of plastic
- Estonian: mikroplast — small particles of plastic
- Finnish: mikromuovi — small particles of plastic
- French: microplastique — small particles of plastic
- Galician: microplástico — small particles of plastic
- Georgian: მიკროპლასტმასი (miḳroṗlasṭmasi) — small particles of plastic
- German: Mikroplastik — small particles of plastic
- Greek: μικροπλαστικό (mikroplastikó) — small particles of plastic
- Hungarian: mikroműanyag — small particles of plastic
- Hungarian: mikroplasztik — small particles of plastic
- Interlingua: microplastico — small particles of plastic
- Italian: microplastica — small particles of plastic
- Japanese: マイクロプラスチック (maikuropurasuchikku) — small particles of plastic
- Korean: 미세플라스틱 (misepeullaseutik) — small particles of plastic
- Malay: mikroplastik — small particles of plastic
- Polish: mikroplastik — small particles of plastic
- Portuguese: microplástico — small particles of plastic
- Romanian: microplastic — small particles of plastic
- Russian: микропла́стик (mikroplástik) — small particles of plastic
- Spanish: microplástico — small particles of plastic
- Thai: ไมโครพลาสติก (mai-kroo-pláas-dtìk) — small particles of plastic
- Turkish: mikroplastik — small particles of plastic
- Ukrainian: мікропластик (mikroplastyk) — small particles of plastic