When rock contains relatively few microscopic cracks, water doesn't get very far.

There is a tiny microscopic crack in the base.

This formed a cavity with microscopic cracks at the edges.

Or they can cause microscopic cracks in the surface of the enamel, which could lead to bigger dental problems over time.

One element of fatigue is the growth of microscopic cracks within the metal.

The pipe has a microscopic crack in it.

This happens because the microscopic cracks that resulted from yielding will spread to large scales.

On Monday, the two airlines reported that microscopic cracks had been discovered on the wings of several planes.

The ultrasonic tests can detect even microscopic cracks.

These included the Hatfield accident, caused by a rail fragmenting due to the development of microscopic cracks.

The hairs are unusual in lacking a central medulla, and have numerous microscopic cracks across their surfaces.

A micro annulus is the formation of microscopic cracks in the cement sheath.

The turnover is thought to be a way of repairing microscopic cracks and pits that routinely occur in everyone's skeleton.

What he had originally thought a pinprick-sized hole was actually a microscopic crack in the ship's hull, where the hatch joined the main frame.

Colonial introduces elastic-wave pigs to inspect and detect microscopic cracks in the pipeline walls.

The cause of the engine failure was traced back to a manufacturing defect in the fan disk, which had microscopic cracks due to impurities.

The electrical arc slowly erodes the inner wall of the tube, forming microscopic cracks that give the glass a frosted appearance.

In early 2002, the first four ships found to have microscopic cracks in the bilge keel and hull plating.

Borrowing from sculptors, scientists have developed a new technique that reveals the microscopic cracks that form as rocks or buildings collapse under pressure.

When a horse hits the ground, the repetitive impact produces microscopic cracks and crevices inside bone so tiny they are undetectable by standard X-rays.

Hence, metal parts with severe SCC can appear bright and shiny, while being filled with microscopic cracks.

Microscopic cracks in the pressure hull forced the cancellation of 9 of the 12 ordered submarines and the early retirement of the three completed boats.

The tears that statues appear to weep are said to actually be beads of condensation from microscopic cracks on the surface of the statues.

This phenomenon is made possible through the development of multiple microscopic cracks, opposed to the single crack/strain softening behavior exhibited by typical fiber-reinforced concretes.

Moisture is easily adsorbed, and can worsen microscopic cracks and surface defects, and lessen tenacity.