microcosmic
(redirected from microcosmicly)mi·cro·cosm
(mī′krə-kŏz′əm)n.
A small, representative system having analogies to a larger system in constitution, configuration, or development: "He sees the auto industry as a microcosm of the U.S. itself" (William J. Hampton).
[Middle English microcosme, a human considered as a little universe, from Middle French, from Old French, from Late Latin mīcrocosmus, from Greek mīkros kosmos : mīkros, small + kosmos, world, order.]
mi′cro·cos′mic (-kŏz′mĭk), mi′cro·cos′mi·cal (-mĭ-kəl) adj.
mi′cro·cos′mi·cal·ly adv.
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Adj. 1. [画像:microcosmic - relating to or characteristic of a microcosm]microcosmic - relating to or characteristic of a microcosm; "the microcosmic world of business"
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mikrokozmikus