"mesoporous" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From meso- + porous. Etymology templates: {{af|en|meso-|porous}} meso- + porous Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} mesoporous (not comparable)
  1. (of a material) Having pores of a size between 2 and 50 nanometres. Tags: not-comparable Related terms: microporous, macroporous
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