microplastics

Meaning (English)

plastic fragments smaller than five millimetres that persist in the environment

Meaning (मराठी)

सूक्ष्म प्लास्टिक कण

Used in a sentence

Microplastics were detected in the sediment samples lifted from the estuary.

खाडीतून घेतलेल्या गाळाच्या नमुन्यांत सूक्ष्म प्लास्टिक कण आढळले.

Synonyms

plastic particulates, polymer fragments