Example sentences for: microstructure

How can you use “microstructure” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Close inspection of the microsyntenic regions detected by BLASTN analysis suggested that the genomic microstructure was highly conserved in all three MSRs.

  • More generally, the size of a dictionary is a function of two variables: the number of items entered (its “macrostructure”), and the amount of information given about them (its “microstructure”).

  • And the microstructure of dictionaries includes more than just definitions: it can embrace examples, illustrations, synonym essays, usage essays, etymologies, and all sorts of other information.

  • Both Longman and W9 estimate their macrostructure ( headwords/entries ) and their microstructure ( definitions ). But what of Cobuild and CED ? What do they mean by references ? In CED the relevant definition of reference seems to be “a book or passage referred to,” or perhaps “a mention or allusion”; in Cobuild , “something such as a number or name that tells you where you can obtain the information that you want, for example from a book, list, or map.


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