Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun That part of science which is dependent on microscopic investigations; micrography.
- noun Undue attention to minute, unimportant matters; minute erudition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That part of science which treats of microscopic objects, or depends on microscopic observation.
- noun Attention to petty items or differences.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The study of
trivialities andminutiae . - noun That part of science which treats of
microscopic objects, or depends on microscopic observation.
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Examples
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Nothing that George liked better than botany, metaphysics, and micrology.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 Various
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In appearance, this marvel of micrology, so far as the eye-piece and upper portions went, was like an ordinary microscope, but its magnifying power was to me unbelievable.
The Crack of Doom Robert Cromie 1881
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(adiaphora), and who strews all his steps with duties, as with traps, and will not allow it to be indifferent whether a man eats fish or flesh, drink beer or wine, when both agree with him; a micrology which, if adopted into the doctrine of virtue, would make its rule a tyranny.
The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics Immanuel Kant 1764
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