microplastic

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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.
2. adjective Exhibiting microplasticity.

Similar words

microtrash microplasma microcycling microbead nanoplankton microphytoplankton microlitter microplaque picoplankton micropollutant

Often followed by

deformation strain flow deformations

Word family

microplastics