English

Noun

micropattern ‎(plural micropatterns)

1. A microscopic pattern

Related terms

• nanopattern

Verb

micropattern ‎(third-person singular simple present micropatterns, present participle micropatterning, simple past and past participle micropatterned)

1. (engineering) To control the spatial arrangement of objects at the microscopic level
   • 1999, Sangeeta N. Bhatia, “Micropatterning cells in tissue engineering”, in Morgan & Yarmush, editors, Tissue Engineering Methods and Protocols, ISBN 0896035166, page 352:

     These modified substrates are utilized to pattern a single cell type, or to micropattern two cell types to control their level of interaction.

Related terms

• microfabrication
• nanopattern