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Meanings of Microcosms:

noun

A community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristics of something much larger.

Usage examples:

The city is a microcosm of modern malaysia

Meanings of Microcoulomb:

noun

A unit used to measure very small amounts of electricity, equal to a coulomb divided by 1,000,000

Meanings of Microcrystal:

noun

A crystal of microscopic size.

Meanings of Microculture:

noun

Cultivation of a very small number of microorganisms or cells; a preparation obtained in this way.

Meanings of Microcyte:

noun

An unusually small red blood cell, associated with certain anaemias.

Usage examples:

Among the common morphologic findings in dyserythropoiesis are oval macrocytes and hypochromic micr…

Meanings of Microdensitometer:

noun

A densitometer for measuring the density of very small areas of a photographic image.

Usage examples:

Vickers instruments no longer supports their m85 microdensitometer, and spare parts for it are unob…

Meanings of Microdetector:

noun

A sensitive measuring device.

Meanings of Microdont:

adjective

Having or characterized by relatively or abnormally small teeth; designating such a tooth.

Meanings of Microdontia:

noun

Abnormally small size of the teeth, or of one or more teeth.

Meanings of Microdontic:

adjective

Having or designating small teeth; exhibiting or affected by microdontia.

Meanings of Microdontism:

noun

The condition of having small teeth; (dentistry) = microdontia .

Meanings of Microdose:

noun

A very small amount of a drug used to test or benefit from its physiological action while minimizing undesirable side effects.

Usage examples:

Placed in the tumour, the device releases microdoses of different drugs, each affecting nearby canc…

verb

Take a microdose of a drug.

Usage examples:

He has microdosed with lsd half dozen times in the past year.

Meanings of Microeconomic:

adjective

Relating to the branch of economics concerned with single factors and the effects of individual decisions.

Usage examples:

The environment in which microeconomic decisions are made

Meanings of Microeconomics:

plural noun

The part of economics concerned with single factors and the effects of individual decisions.

Usage examples:

The nature of these relationships has been central to human ecology and geography, microeconomics, …

noun

The part of economics that studies individual markets and businesses, or how individual people spend or earn money

Usage examples:

Anyone conversant with basic microeconomics knows that it is covering fixed costs that a firm needs…

Meanings of Microelectronic:

noun

The study, manufacture, and use of very small electronic parts

Usage examples:

The microelectronics industry is growing rapidly in the region., microelectronic circuits/devices/e…

Meanings of Microelectronics:

plural noun

The design, manufacture, and use of microchips and microcircuits.

Usage examples:

‘wire bonding is a highly complex technology used in microelectronics to ultrasonically fuse togeth…

noun

The study, manufacture, and use of very small electronic parts

Usage examples:

The microelectronics industry is growing rapidly in the region., microelectronic circuits/devices/e…

Meanings of Microencapsulate:

verb

To enclose (a substance) in microcapsules.

Meanings of Microenvironment:

noun

The immediate small-scale environment of an organism or a part of an organism, especially as a distinct part of a larger environment.

Usage examples:

Early people learned how to make fire and modify their micro-environments; rain dances and other ri…

Meanings of Microfarad:

noun

One millionth of a farad.

Usage examples:

If desired, that value can now be converted to microfarads by moving the decimal point six places t…

Meanings of Microfiche:

noun

A flat piece of film containing microphotographs of the pages of a newspaper, catalogue, or other document.

Usage examples:

The journal is available as a microfiche

verb

Reproduce (a document) on microfilm.

Usage examples:

What would once have been in print will soon be microfiched

Meanings of Microfiches:

noun

A flat piece of film containing microphotographs of the pages of a newspaper, catalogue, or other document.

Usage examples:

The journal is available as a microfiche

verb

Reproduce (a document) on microfilm.

Usage examples:

What would once have been in print will soon be microfiched

Meanings of Microfilming:

verb

Reproduce (a document) on microfilm.

Usage examples:

The grant will pay to microfilm the most fragile of these papers

noun

Film containing microphotographs of a newspaper, catalogue, or other document.

Usage examples:

All those forms go on microfilm

Meanings of Microfilms:

noun

Film containing microphotographs of a newspaper, catalogue, or other document.

Usage examples:

All those forms go on microfilm

verb

Reproduce (a document) on microfilm.

Usage examples:

The grant will pay to microfilm the most fragile of these papers

Meanings of Microflora:

noun

Bacteria and microscopic algae and fungi, especially those living in a particular site or habitat.

Usage examples:

It is formed from decaying plant roots, leaves, etc. deposited at the surface, and the remains of m…

Meanings of Microforms:

noun

Microphotographic reproduction, on film or paper, of a manuscript, map, or other document.

Usage examples:

The items available include books, electronic documents, journals, microform, and audio and video r…