Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of orpertaining to a microcosm or to anything that is regarded as such.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to the microcosm.
- adjective (Chem.) a white crystalline substance obtained by mixing solutions of sodium phosphate and ammonium phosphate, and also called
hydric-sodic-ammonic-phosphate . It is a powerful flux, and is used as a substitute for borax as a blowpipe reagent in testing for the metallic oxides. Originally obtained by the alchemists from human urine, and calledsal microcosmicum .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of, or relating to the
microcosm
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective relating to or characteristic of a microcosm
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Examples
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The salts of the urine, called microcosmic salt, are often mistaken for gravel, but are distinguishable both by their angles of crystallization, their adhesion to the sides or bottom of the pot, and by their not being formed till the urine cools.
Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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More specifically, she wants people to think about their relationship with crows as a kind of microcosmic example of their relationship with the natural world.
PopMatters David Maine 2010
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More specifically, she wants people to think about their relationship with crows as a kind of microcosmic example of their relationship with the natural world.
PopMatters David Maine 2010
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Whatever is happening on a microcosmic level is also happening in the larger reality; it is all mirrored back.
Stacey Nemour: Join Eckhart Tolle, Jim Carrey and John Raatz in Raising Consciousness Through Entertainment, Media and the Arts Stacey Nemour 2012
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The return of the retreating sun, which retrieves us from the dark of night, the pitch of winter, is a microcosmic recreation of the origination of the universe, the first birth of the sun.
Donna Henes: Winter Solstice: Anniversary Celebration of Creation Donna Henes 2011
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That's my goal: to feel a small, microcosmic surge of that American can-do spirit.
Gene and the Machine: The shocking truth about the electric Volt Gene Weingarten 2011
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Whatever is happening on a microcosmic level is also happening in the larger reality; it is all mirrored back.
Stacey Nemour: Join Eckhart Tolle, Jim Carrey and John Raatz in Raising Consciousness Through Entertainment, Media and the Arts Stacey Nemour 2012
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It succeeds in demonstrating that our daily, microcosmic lives contain vastness and fantasy.
Tinkers: Summary and book reviews of Tinkers by Paul Harding. 2009
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The return of the retreating sun, which retrieves us from the dark of night, the pitch of winter, is a microcosmic recreation of the origination of the universe, the first birth of the sun.
Donna Henes: Winter Solstice: Anniversary Celebration of Creation Donna Henes 2011
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The return of the retreating sun, which retrieves us from the dark of night, the pitch of winter, is a microcosmic recreation of the origination of the universe, the first birth of the sun.
Donna Henes: Winter Solstice: Anniversary Celebration of Creation Donna Henes 2011
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