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— mi·cro·bi·o·log·i·cal adjective

— mi·cro·bi·ol·o·gist noun

mi·cro·brew·ery noun : a small brewery making specialty beer in limited quantities

mi·cro·burst noun : a violent short-lived localized downdraft that creates extreme wind shears at low altitudes

mi·cro·cap·sule noun : a tiny capsule containing material (as a medicine) released when the capsule is broken, melted, or dissolved

mi·cro·chip noun : INTEGRATED CIRCUIT

mi·cro·cir·cuit noun : a compact electronic circuit

mi·cro·com·put·er noun : a small computer that uses a microprocessor; especially : PERSONAL COMPUTER

mi·cro·cosm noun : an individual or community thought of as a miniature world or universe

mi·cro·elec·tron·ics noun : a branch of electronics that deals with the miniaturization of electronic circuits and components

— mi·cro·elec·tron·ic adjective

mi·cro·en·cap·su·late verb : to enclose (as a drug) in a microcapsule

— mi·cro·en·cap·su·la·tion noun

mi·cro·fiche noun, plural -fiche or -fiches : a sheet of microfilm containing rows of images of pages of printed matter

mi·cro·fiber noun : a fine usu. soft polyester fiber; also : a fabric made from such fibers

mi·cro·film noun : a film bearing a photographic record (as of print) on a reduced scale

— microfilm verb

mi·cro·graph noun : a graphic reproduction of the image of an object formed by a microscope

mi·cro·man·age verb : to manage esp. with excessive control or attention to details

— mi·cro·man·age·ment noun

— mi·cro·man·ag·er noun

mi·cro·me·te·or·ite noun : a very small particle in interplanetary space

mi·crom·e·ter noun : an instrument used with a telescope or microscope for measuring minute distances

mi·cro·min·ia·tur·iza·tion noun : the process of producing things in a very small size and esp. in a size smaller than one considered miniature

— mi·cro·min·ia·tur·ized adjective

mi·cron noun : one millionth of a meter

mi·cro·or·gan·ism noun : an organism (as a bacterium) too tiny to be seen by the unaided eye

mi·cro·phone noun : an instrument for converting sound waves into variations of an electric current for transmitting or recording sound

mi·cro·pho·to·graph noun : PHOTOMICROGRAPH

mi·cro·pro·ces·sor noun : a computer processor contained on a microchip

mi·cro·scope noun : an instrument for making magnified images of minute objects usu. using light

— mi·cros·co·py noun

mi·cro·scop·ic also mi·cro·scop·i·cal adjective 1 : of, relating to, or involving the use of the microscope

2 a : too tiny to be seen without the use of a microscope

b : very small

— mi·cro·scop·i·cal·ly adverb

Synonyms

atomic, infinitesimal, miniature, minute, teeny, tiny, wee—more at TINY

mi·cro·sec·ond noun : one millionth of a second

mi·cro·sur·gery noun : minute dissection or manipulation (as by a laser beam) of living structures or tissue

— mi·cro·sur·gi·cal adjective

mi·cro·tech·nol·o·gy noun : technology on a small or microscopic scale

1microwave noun 1 : a radio wave between one millimeter and one meter in wavelength

2 : MICROWAVE OVEN

2microwave verb : to heat or cook in a microwave oven

— mi·cro·wav·able or mi·cro·wave·able adjective

microwave oven noun : an oven in which food is cooked by the absorption of microwave energy by water molecules in the food

1mid adjective : occupying a middle position : MIDDLE

2mid abbreviation middle

mid·air noun : a point or region in the air well above the ground

mid·day noun : the middle part of the day

Synonyms

noon, noontime—more at NOON

mid·den noun : a refuse heap

1middle adjective 1 : equally distant from the extremes

2 : being at neither extreme : INTERMEDIATE

3 cap : constituting an intermediate period

Synonyms

[1, 2] central, halfway, intermediary, intermediate, median, medium, midmost; also equidistant; inmost, inner, innermost

Antonyms

extreme, farthest, furthest, outermost

[1, 2] average, intermediate, moderate, modest; also reasonable;