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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Very small or microscopic.
  2. adj. Basic or small-scale: the economy's performance at the micro level.
  3. n. A microcomputer.
  4. n. A microprocessor.
  5. n. A microbrewery.
  6. n. A microbrew.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Small, relatively small; used to contrast levels of the noun modified.
  2. n. computing, dated short form of microcomputer

Etymologies

  1. From micro-. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “This is a bit belated, but you can do the symbol(s) for micrometre ( µm ) like this: &_micro_;m (omit the underscores).”

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  • “The term micro-blogging was used because twitter, the first micro-blogging service, at least to my knowledge, defined it that way.”

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  • “In many respects the term micro-blogging is a bit of a misnomer.”

    Muti

  • “As publishers experiment with new or revamped online pricing models they may find that the true value of their original content will give real meaning to the term micro-payment.”

    Adrian Monck

  • “Stations were moved, Population centers grew up around these stations giving rise to the term micro climate ..”

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  • “The WIMM One's default screen is a watch face and what it calls "micro apps" have been specially designed for the 1.4-inch display.”

    The Wall Street Journal: Tech Charms: Flying Cameras, Musical Purses

  • “The CBO spent five years preparing for its outsize role as a scorekeeper in the health-care debate this time around, working on what it calls a micro-simulation of the health-insurance market.”

    The Wall Street Journal: The Unhealthy Accounting of Uninsured Americans

  • “JOHN KING, CNN CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Anderson, we've learned that Mayor Bloomberg has asked his pollsters and other political advisors to assemble vast data base of information; voter registration, who might vote for an independent, voter trends, what they call micro-targeting in the polling bases.”

    CNN Transcript Jan 9, 2008

  • “This is what you call micro unmanned aerial vehicle.”

    CNN Transcript Jul 14, 2008

  • “JOHN KING, CNN CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Anderson, we have learned that Mayor Bloomberg has asked his pollsters and other political advisers to assemble a vast database of information, voter registration, who might vote for an independent, voter trends, what they call micro-targeting in the political bases.”

    CNN Transcript Jan 9, 2008

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