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MICRO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does micro mean?
• MICRO (adjective)
The adjective MICRO has 1 sense:
1. extremely small in scale or scope or capability
Familiarity information: MICRO used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extremely small in scale or scope or capability
Similar:
little; small (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Context examples
Electromagnetic radiation between the ultrahigh frequency radio and infrared (in the 10e-3 (micro) to about 0.5 X 10e-1 meter) region of the spectrum.
(Microwave Radiation, NCI Thesaurus)
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