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micro

adj
/ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊ/UK/ˈmaɪ.kɹoʊ/US

Etymology

From micro-, typically as shortened forms for modern words formed with the prefix, ultimately from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).

  1. derived from μικρός

Definitions

  1. Very small in scale or scope.

    • At the micro level, he was a good manager. At the macro level, he failed.
    • Financial independence and micro retirement have come to represent the autonomy I've created for myself, which is a powerful feeling.

  2. Clipping of microwave (“microwave oven”).

    • Just put it in the micro for 30 seconds and it's ready to eat.

  3. Clipping of microeconomics.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. Clipping of microcomputer.

      • If you can possibly afford to spend a few more pounds then you should move up into the next price bracket, where the potential of the home micro starts to be realised.
      • So what sort of hero is this bounding, bomb collecting midget? The answer is an arcade hero - and now he's let loose in your micro courtesy of conversion kings, Elite.

    2. Clipping of micromanagement.

    3. Clipping of macrophile.

    4. Clipping of macrophilia.

    5. In the context of microphilia, one who is abnormally very small.

    6. Clipping of micromanage.

    7. A town in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at micro. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01micro02microwave03oven04cook05manor06mansion07house08built09shape10health

A definitional loop anchored at micro. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at micro

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA