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[mahy-kruh-koz-uh
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mi⋅cro⋅cosm
[mahy-kruh-koz-uhm] –noun
| 1. | a little world; a world in miniature (opposed to macrocosm ). |
| 2. | anything that is regarded as a world in miniature. |
| 3. | human beings, humanity, society, or the like, viewed as an epitome or miniature of the world or universe. |
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| mi·cro·cosm
(mī'krə-kŏz'əm) Pronunciation Key
n. A small, representative system having analogies to a larger system in constitution, configuration, or development: "He sees the auto industry as a microcosm of the U.S. itself" (William J. Hampton). [Middle English microcosme, man as a little world, from Old French, from Late Latin mīcrocosmus, from Greek mīkros kosmos : mīkros, small + kosmos, world, order.] mi'cro·cos'mic (-kŏz'mĭk), mi'cro·cos'mi·cal (-mĭ-kəl) adj., mi'cro·cos'mi·cal·ly adv. |
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| microcosmic | |
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| relating to or characteristic of a microcosm; "the microcosmic world of business" |
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Microcosmic
Mi`cro*cos"mic\, Microcosmical \Mi`cro*cos"mic*al\, a. [Cf. F. microcosmique.] Of or pertaining to the microcosm. Microcosmic salt (Chem.), a white crystalline substance obtained by mixing solutions of sodium phosphate and ammonium phosphate, and also called hydric-sodic-ammonic-phosphate. It is a powerful flux, and is used as a substitute for borax as a blowpipe reagent in testing for the metallic oxides. Originally obtained by the alchemists from human urine, and called sal microcosmicum.
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