Webster's Dictionary 1913

3079

Micromillimeter

Mi′cro‐mil″li‐me′ter (?), n. [Micro- + millimeter.] The millionth part of a meter.

3080

Micron

Mic″ron (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. μικρόσ small.] (Physics) A measure of length; the thousandth part of one millimeter; the millionth part of a meter.

3081

Micronesian

Mi″cro‐ne″sian (?), a. [From Micronesia, fr. Gr. μικρόσ small + νη̑σοσ an island.] Of or pertaining to Micronesia, a collective designation of the islands in the western part of...

3082

Micronesians

Mi′cro‐ne″sians (?), n. pl.; sing. Micronesian. (Ethnol.) A dark race inhabiting the Micronesian Islands. They are supposed to be a mixed race, derived from Polynesians and Papu...

3083

Micronometer

Mi′cro‐nom″e‐ter (?), n. [Micro- + chronometer.] An instrument for noting minute portions of time.

3084

Microörganism

Mi′cro‐ör″gan‐ism (?), n. [Micro- + organism.] (Biol.) Any microscopic form of life; — particularly applied to bacteria and similar organisms, esp. such are supposed to cause in...

3085

Micropantograph

Mi′cro‐pan″to‐graph (?), n. [Micro- + pantograph.] A kind of pantograph which produces copies microscopically minute.

3086

Microparasite

Mi′cro‐par″a‐site (?), n. A parasitic microörganism. — Mi′cro‐par′a‐sit″ic (#), a.

3087

Micropegmatite

Mi′cro‐peg″ma‐tite (?), n. [Micro- + pegmatite.] (Min.) A rock showing under the microscope the structure of a graphic granite (pegmatite). — Mi′cro‐peg′ma‐tit″ic (#), a.

3088

Microphone

Mi″cro‐phone (mī″krō̍‐fōn), n. [Micro- + Gr. φωνή sound, voice: cf. F. microphone.] (Physics) An instrument for intensifying and making audible very feeble sounds. It produces i...

3089

Microphonic

Mi′cro‐phon″ic (?), a. Of or pert. to a microphone; serving to intensify weak sounds.

3090

Microphonics

Mi′cro‐phon″ics (–fŏn″ĭks), n. [See Microphone.] The science which treats of the means of increasing the intensity of low or weak sounds, or of the microphone.

3091

Microphonous

Mi‐croph″o‐nous (mī̍‐krŏf″ō̍‐nŭs or mĭ–), a. Serving to augment the intensity of weak sounds; microcoustic.

3092

Microphotograph

Mi′cro‐pho″to‐graph (mī′krō̍‐fō″tō̍‐grȧf or mĭk′rō̍–), n. [Micro- + photograph.]1. A microscopically small photograph of a picture, writing, printed page, etc.2. An enlarged rep...

3093

Microphotography

Mi′cro‐pho‐tog″ra‐phy (?), n. The art of making microphotographs.

3094

Microphthalmia

{ Mi′croph‐thal″mi‐a (?), Mi′croph‐thal″my (?), } n. [Micro- + Gr. οφθαλμὄσ eye.] An unnatural smallness of the eyes, occurring as the result of disease or of imperfect developm...

3095

Microphyllous

Mi‐croph″yl‐lous (?), a. [Micro- + Gr. φύλλον leaf.] (Bot.) Small-leaved.

3096

Microphytal

Mi‐croph″y‐tal (?), a.(Bot.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, microphytes.

3097

Microphyte

Mi″cro‐phyte (?), n. [Micro- + Gr. � a plant: cf. F. microphyte.] (Bot.) A very minute plant, one of certain unicellular algæ, such as the germs of various infectious diseases a...

3098

Micropyle

Mi″cro‐pyle (?), n. [Micro- + Gr. � gate, orifice: cf. F. micropyle.] (Biol.) (a) An opening in the membranes surrounding the ovum, by which nutrition is assisted and the entran...

3099

Microscopal

Mi‐cros″co‐pal (?), a. Pertaining to microscopy, or to the use of the microscope. Huxley.

3100

Microscope

Mi″cro‐scope (?), n. [Micro- + -scope.] An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is too minute to b...

3101

Microscopial

Mi′cro‐sco″pi‐al (?), a. Microscopic. Berkeley.

3102

Microscopic

{ Mi′cro‐scop″ic (?), Mi′cro‐scop″ic‐al (?), } a. [Cf. F. microscopique.]1. Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made with a microscope; as, microscopic observat...

3103

Microscopically

Mi′cro‐scop″ic‐al‐ly, adv. By the microscope; with minute inspection; in a microscopic manner.

3104

Microscopist

Mi‐cros″co‐pist (?; 277), n. One skilled in, or given to, microscopy.

3105

Microscopy

Mi‐cros″co‐py (?), n. The use of the microscope; investigation with the microscope.