Look up: microcosm

1. Microcosm
   The little inner world within us or our immediate personal surroundings.
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2. Microcosm
   An experimental eco-system, usually small in scale and with controlled environmental conditions.
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3. microcosm
   [n] - a miniature model of something
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4. Microcosm
   Small scale example of reality
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5. microcosm
   (Learning Modules / Geography / Urban sustainability) Small scale example of reality
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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 exte...
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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) ...
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8. microcosm
   noun a miniature model of something
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9. 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.
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10. 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]
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11. 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.
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12. microcosm
    The idea that a governing body should be a miniature replica of the society it represents.
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13. Microcosm
    (CERN) on display at the Microcosm museum `Microcosm` is a museum of particle physics located at CERN in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, near the town of Meyrin. It covers a broad range of particle physics topics, as well as the entire history of CERN. Exhibits include: Microcosm garden : ...
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14. Microcosm
    (clock) `Microcosm` was a unique clock made by Henry Bridges of Waltham Abbey, England. It stood 10-12 feet high, and six across the base, it toured Great Britain, North America and the West Indies as a visual and musical entertainment as well as demonstrating astronomical movements. It was f...
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15. Microcosm
    (video game) `Microcosm` is a shoot `em up computer game developed and published by 1993-->. It was released for the Sega Mega-CD and Amiga CD32 game consoles, as well as MS-DOS. Microcosm featured realistic FMV animation, with the graphics being rendered on Silicon Graphics wor...
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16. Microcosm
    (experimental ecosystem) `Microcosms` are artificial, simplified ecosystems that are used to simulate and predict the behaviour of natural ecosystems under controlled conditions. Open or closed microcosms provide an experimental area for ecologists to study natural ecological processes. Micro...
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