micromanipulation

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The manipulation of objects too small to be seen with the unaided eye.

   • Micromanipulations are performed in a Petri dish chamber.
   • From then on complete micromanipulation by light was possible with one single piece of equipment. The last decade of this millenium^([sic]) is now witnessing a dramatic expansion of the field.
   • The first studies on combined micromanipulation of oocytes and embryos appeared around 100 years later.
2. 2

   A very small adjustment

   A very small adjustment; a tweak.

   • Links with concretism are evident in the geometry of the song and in the micromanipulations of words, splits, and pairings, which multiply their suggestions.
3. 3

   A subtly manipulative act

   A subtly manipulative act; An interpersonal ploy to influence others without the direct use of power.

   • The statement "So-and-so is idiotic, and anyone who says otherwise is also idiotic." is a micromanipulation in at least the sense of the intent of isolating the dissidents and other people from each other.
   • In an earlier chapter we examined the way in which women are forced into micromanipulation — that is, interpersonal, intimate influence —to offset men's macromanipulation of the institutional structures and resources of society.
   • . From necessity, the powerless use micromanipulation, while the powerful engage in macromanipulation, the process of influence at the societal or social policy level.

The neighborhood

• neighbormicromanipulate
• neighbormicromanipulator