Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Very small or microscopic.
- adjective Basic or small-scale.
- noun A microcomputer.
- noun A microprocessor.
- noun A microbrewery.
- noun A microbrew.
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- adjective
Small , relatively small; used to contrast levels of the noun modified. - noun computing, dated short form of
microcomputer
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This is a bit belated, but you can do the symbol(s) for micrometre ( µm ) like this: &_micro_;m (omit the underscores).
Scientists Find Water Ice Creates the Spokes in Saturn's B Ring | Universe Today 2010
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Stations were moved, Population centers grew up around these stations giving rise to the term micro climate ..
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Stations were moved, Population centers grew up around these stations giving rise to the term micro climate ..
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Stations were moved, Population centers grew up around these stations giving rise to the term micro climate ..
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Stations were moved, Population centers grew up around these stations giving rise to the term micro climate ..
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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 2009
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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.
Muti 2009
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Stations were moved, Population centers grew up around these stations giving rise to the term micro climate ..
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In many respects the term micro-blogging is a bit of a misnomer.
Muti 2009
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Stations were moved, Population centers grew up around these stations giving rise to the term micro climate ..
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