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supertiny en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˌsuːpəˈɹˈtaɪni/
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Etymology

From super- + tiny.

Meanings

1. Extremely tiny.
   • Those were all fictional, but that’s not to say that supertiny spylike gadgetry doesn’t exist. 2007 July 26, David Pogue, “Here Is Your Pen Scanner, Mr. Bond”, in New York Times:
   • But as the twentieth century dawned, scientists had hardly passed the point of asking, "Couldn't a virus be merely a supertiny bacterium that can make it through a filter?" 2003, Barry E. Zimmerman, David J. Zimmerman, Killer germs: microbes and diseases that threaten humanity, page 103:
   • "Couldn't a virus be merely a supertiny bacterium that can make it through a filter?" 1986, Barry E. Zimmerman, Contemporary Books, Contemporary Books, →ISBN, page 113:

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