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microbead en · NOUN

Etymology

From micro- + bead.

Meanings

  1. A microscopic bead of plastic used as an exfoliant in personal care products.
    • At the microplastic scale, bans of microbeads in wash-off personal care products are now widespread globally. 2021, Alice A. Horton, Isobelle Blissett, Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Freshwater Aquatic, Terrestrial and Avian Migratory Species in the Asia and Pacific Region, Convention on Migratory Species, page 30:

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Hypernyms

microplastic

Relateds

nanobead

Translations (5)

ko 마이크로비즈 (microscopic bead) · ja マイクロビーズ (microscopic bead) · is örperla (microscopic bead) · fr microbille (microscopic bead) · de Mikrokügelchen (microscopic bead)