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Look up: microcosm

  1. Microcosm
    The little inner world within us or our immediate personal surroundings.
    Found on http://www.wiccancountess.com/wiccandict

  2. Microcosm
    An experimental eco-system, usually small in scale and with controlled environmental conditions.
    Found on http://www.pestmanagement.co.uk/lib/glos

  3. microcosm
    [n] - a miniature model of something
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. Microcosm
    Small scale example of reality
    Found on http://www.greenconstruction.co.uk/gloss

  5. microcosm
    (Learning Modules / Geography / Urban sustainability) Small scale example of reality
    Found on http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/l

  6. Microcosm
    Mi'cro·cosm noun [ French microcosme , Latin microcosmus , from Greek mikro`s small + ko`smos the world.] A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called by Paracelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe or great world. Opposed to macrocosm . Shak.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/61

  7. microcosm
    A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called by Paracelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe or great world. Opposed to macrocosm. ... Origin: F. Microcosme, L. Microcosmus, fr. Gr. Small + the world. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. microcosm
    noun a miniature model of something
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Microcosm
    For the definition of the word `microcosm`, see here. `Microcosm` can refer to: * Microcosm Ltd, a UK software protection company * Microcosm (CERN), a museum near Geneva, Switzerland * Macrocosm and microcosm, a philosophical idea * Microcosm (game), an Amiga game * Microcosm: Portrait of a Central European City, a book by Norman Davies and Roger Moorhouse
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcosm

  10. Microcosm
    • (n.) A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called by Paracelsus), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe or great world. Opposed to macrocosm.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  11. microcosm
    (from Greek mikros kosmos, `little world`), a Western philosophical term designating man as being a `little world` in which the macrocosm, or ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/85

  12. microcosm
    microcosm (s), microcosms (pl) 1. A miniature copy of something, especially when it represents or stands for a larger whole. 2. A small, representative system having analogies to a larger system in constitution, configuration, or development.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  13. microcosm
    The idea that a governing body should be a miniature replica of the society it represents.
    Found on http://polisci.nelson.com/glossary.html


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24 November 2009

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