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- English Word Micr- Definition A millionth part of; as, microfarad, microohm, micrometer.
- English Word Micracoustic Definition Same as Microustic.
- English Word Micraster Definition A genus of sea urchins, similar to Spatangus, abounding in the chalk formation; -- from the starlike disposal of the ambulacral furrows.
- English Word Micrencephalous Definition Having a small brain.
- English Word Micro- Definition Alt. of Micr-
- English Word Micro-chemical Definition Of or pertaining to micro-chemistry; as, a micro-chemical test.
- English Word Micro-chemistry Definition The application of chemical tests to minute objects or portions of matter, magnified by the use of the microscopy; -- distinguished from macro-chemistry.
- English Word Micro-geological Definition Of or pertaining to micro-geology.
- English Word Micro-geology Definition The part of geology relating to structure and organisms which require to be studied with a microscope.
- English Word Microampere Definition One of the smaller measures of electrical currents; the millionth part of one ampere.
- English Word Microbacteria Definition In the classification of Cohn, one of the four tribes of Bacteria.
- English Word Microbe Definition Alt. of Microbion
- English Word Microbian Definition Of, pertaining to, or caused by, microbes; as, the microbian theory; a microbian disease.
- English Word Microbic Definition Of or pertaining to a microbe.
- English Word Microbicide Definition Any agent detrimental to, or destructive of, the life of microbes or bacterial organisms.
- English Word Microbion Definition A microscopic organism; -- particularly applied to bacteria and especially to pathogenic forms; as, the microbe of fowl cholera.
- English Word Microcephalic Definition Alt. of Microcephalous
- English Word Microcephalous Definition Having a small head; having the cranial cavity small; -- opposed to megacephalic.
- English Word Microchronometer Definition A chronoscope.
- English Word Microcline Definition A mineral of the feldspar group, like orthoclase or common feldspar in composition, but triclinic in form.