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  • English Word Micrococcal Definition Of or pertaining to micrococci; caused by micrococci.
  • English Word Micrococci Definition of Micrococcus
  • English Word Micrococcus Definition A genus of Spherobacteria, in the form of very small globular or oval cells, forming, by transverse division, filaments, or chains of cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like dumb-bells (Diplococcus), all without the power of motion. See Illust. of Ascoccus.
  • English Word Microcosm Definition 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.
  • English Word Microcosmic Definition Alt. of Microcosmical
  • English Word Microcosmical Definition Of or pertaining to the microcosm.
  • English Word Microcosmography Definition Description of man as a microcosm.
  • English Word Microcoulomb Definition A measure of electrical quantity; the millionth part of one coulomb.
  • English Word Microcoustic Definition Pertaining, or suited, to the audition of small sounds; fitted to assist hearing.
  • English Word Microcoustic Definition An instrument for making faint sounds audible, as to a partially deaf person.
  • English Word Microcrith Definition The weight of the half hydrogen molecule, or of the hydrogen atom, taken as the standard in comparing the atomic weights of the elements; thus, an atom of oxygen weighs sixteen microcriths. See Crith.
  • English Word Microcrystalline Definition Crystalline on a fine, or microscopic, scale; consisting of fine crystals; as, the ground mass of certain porphyrics is microcrystalline.
  • English Word Microcyte Definition One of the elementary granules found in blood. They are much smaller than an ordinary corpuscle, and are particularly noticeable in disease, as in anaemia.
  • English Word Microdont Definition Having small teeth.
  • English Word Microfarad Definition The millionth part of a farad.
  • English Word Microform Definition A microscopic form of life; an animal or vegetable organism microscopic size.
  • English Word Micrograph Definition An instrument for executing minute writing or engraving.
  • English Word Micrographic Definition Of or pertaining to micrography.
  • English Word Micrography Definition The description of microscopic objects.
  • English Word Microhm Definition The millionth part of an ohm.
  • English Word Microlepidoptera Definition A tribe of Lepidoptera, including a vast number of minute species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc.
  • English Word Microlestes Definition An extinct genus of small Triassic mammals, the oldest yet found in European strata.
  • English Word Microlite Definition A rare mineral of resinous luster and high specific gravity. It is a tantalate of calcium, and occurs in octahedral crystals usually very minute.
  • English Word Microlite Definition A minute inclosed crystal, often observed when minerals or rocks are examined in thin sections under the microscope.
  • English Word Microlith Definition Same as Microlite, 2.
  • English Word Microlithic Definition Formed of small stones.
  • English Word Micrologic Definition Alt. of Micrological
  • English Word Micrological Definition Of or pertaining to micrology; very minute; as, micrologic examination.
  • English Word Micrology Definition That part of science which treats of microscopic objects, or depends on microscopic observation.
  • English Word Micrology Definition Attention to petty items or differences.