Synonyms for micro


Grammar : Noun
Spell : mahy-kroh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmaɪ kroʊ

Top 10 synonyms for micro Other synonyms for the word micro

Définition of micro

Origin :
  • word-forming element meaning "small, microscopic; magnifying; one millionth," from Latinized comb. form of Greek mikros "small, little, petty, trivial, slight" (see mica).
  • As in computer : noun calculating, data processing machine
Example sentences :
  • Others are entirely fine-grained and micro- or crypto-crystalline.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 » by Various
  • They'd be safe, then, after the micro second when the screens were down.
  • Extract from : « Evil Out of Onzar » by Mark Ganes
  • Next day Daisy cashed the Micro check for ten hundred silver smackers, which she hid in a broken radionic coffee urn.
  • Extract from : « The Creature from Cleveland Depths » by Fritz Reuter Leiber
  • Some time, Trask supposed, he'd be able to use the expression "micro-" about a distance of fifty-five million miles, too.
  • Extract from : « Space Viking » by Henry Beam Piper
  • The surgeon scurried away while Dal took another look at the micro field.
  • Extract from : « Star Surgeon » by Alan Nourse
  • Somewhere, back of the instrument panel, a tiny current actuated a micro relay, and an alarm drop fell.
  • Extract from : « The Players » by Everett B. Cole
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