micro English

Meaning micro meaning

What does micro mean?

Definitions in simple English

micro Adjective

— When something is micro, it refers to the size of the object being rather small. Used to compare how small an object is. At the micro level he was a good manager. At the more macro level he failed.

micro Noun

— Micro is a short form of a microcomputer.

micro Prefix

— A prefix meaning small

— (measurement) A prefix on a measurement meaning 10sup−6/sup (one millionth).

micro

— adjective extremely small in scale or scope or capability

Synonyms micro synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as micro?

micro English » English

minute

micro-

very small

tiny

subtle

small

minitype

minisize

miniature

mini

microscopic

microcomputer

little

detailed

delicate

Examples micro examples

How do I use micro in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The disease was caused by a new micro-organism.

Tom's boss was a pedantic micro manager, who had to check every single thing Tom did.

Tom lives in a micro apartment.

Movie subtitles

We're finding micro-organisms not only living in these hot springs but flourishing.

Topped with, uh, grilled octopus and slow-roasted cherry tomatoes, perfectly finished with micro bronzed fennel.

The key, the micro-circuit, I've found it!

Barbara's found the micro-key!

At least we've found the micro-key.

I mean, isn't it possible that there was some. genuine variation in the original micro-keys?

Tell them what happened and tell them I'll follow as soon as I've found the real micro-key.

That micro-key you found, it was a fake!

Let's get the micro-key and get out of here.

Where is the micro-key?

Tell us. Where is the micro-key?

The micro-key's in one of these jars.

We always hoped to find a way of modifying it and making it again irresistible, so instead of destroying it we removed the five key micro-circuits.

The keys are very simple but the micro-circuits inside are very complicated.

Take a look. This is the micro-drone built by The Blessed.

A micro-drone?

If we submit that insectlike micro-drone as evidence, we should be able to tell the world about what The Blessed are up to.

It's a cloud of micro-drones.

Meaning the micro-drones are automatically released.

By my calculations, in another 15 minutes, the atmospheric reentry vehicles with the micro-drones will arrive at the drop point.

I've put the micro-drone drop via the reentry capsules on hold as well.

It'll also set the micro-drones operation back in motion.

Along with its deadly cargo of micro-drones, he has steered the station away from its Earth orbit.

Now, that insectoid micro-drone, what is it you're planning to do with it?

The micro-drones are all going to be released -from that station. -What?

Once the station is replenished, it will change course and begin dropping atmospheric reentry capsules loaded with micro-drones toward the Earth below.

After being dropped, multiple reentry vehicles will separate from the capsules while passing through the atmosphere, and upon reaching the stratosphere, the reentry vehicles will subsequently release the micro-drones.

We always hoped to find a way of modifying it and making it again irresistible. So instead of destroying it, we removed the five key micro-circuits.

The keys are very simple, but the micro-circuits inside are very complicated.

You know the purpose of the micro-key?

It would make my report complete if you would tell me how you got rid of the micro-key.

Oh, yes. I had met him and arranged to take the micro-key. But something must have happened.

It is absolutely certain that the micro-key isn't in here.

Then you look up in front of you and you see exactly what you came here for. The micro-key.

Tell me, why would anyone want to steal the micro-key?

This, My Lords, is the reproduction of the stolen micro-key.

You say you have three of the micro-keys in your possession.

Bearing in mind that the accused came here with the expressed purpose of recovering the micro-key and remembering the evidence against him, his guilt becomes even more obvious.

The prisoner will be retained at micro-cell size, to be reconstituted in approximately 700 years' time, when he can no longer be a danger to us.

The rest have been reduced to micro-cell size.

Be careful. Remember, each tray contains a thousand Monoids, thoughtfully preserved as micro-cells by your ancestors.

News and current affairs

That boost in assets will, in turn, enable local credit markets, such as micro-finance, to begin operating.

At the same time, small farmers would receive a steady flow of income, which they could use for micro-investments to improve their household's wealth, education, and health.

There is a macro-story and a micro-story here.

The micro-story is more dramatic.

As China's government uses monetary policy to try to calm markets, micro-level reforms must continue.

The benefits of microfinance are in danger of being over-hyped - there are not that many successful micro-businesses that the poor can start solely with the help of loans, because skills and management abilities are also often necessary.

Households whose members have steady jobs borrow from micro-financiers to pay the fees, and then spend the rest of the year repaying the loan.

If micro-financiers are making profits off the poor, it must be because they are bilking them.

Of course, the fact that micro-financiers charge the very poor relatively high interest rates exacerbates the perception that they are gouging society's most vulnerable members.

The new policy mix should combine macro-level support and micro-level change.

Economists working on the macro economy, its micro foundations, exogenous and endogenous growth theory, the formation of expectations and problems of information and discrimination all refer back to Phelps.

Phelps was behind the modern reworking of the macro economy - and, according to Samuelson, the micro economy, too.

Micro-states can never be made small enough to satisfy their advocates' exalted standards of cultural integrity.

Today's upsurge of micro-nationalism is not just a consequence of the revolt against empires: it is also a revolt against globalization.

Micro-credits, for example, are much more efficient when women receive and repay them.

Most traditional companies, meanwhile, remain focused on their macro environment, at the expense of responding adequately to the new micro-level forces in play.

At both the micro and the macro level, development projects and economic growth can do much to alleviate some of the structural causes of political violence.

The micro-financier, confident of being repaid, is willing to extend the emergency loan quickly and with little bureaucracy.

But micro-financiers may have no choice: given the small size of the loans, the costs of processing them and collecting payments are relatively large, driving up the break-even interest rate.

The widespread belief among micro-financiers is that the curbs were imposed not because the industry was exploitative, but because it offered an alternative to political patronage.

By focusing exclusively on foreigners and domestic elites for investment, Afghanistan is missing out on the vast potential of micro-entrepreneurs and small businesses to contribute to steady GDP growth.

Perhaps realizing that an entertained and distracted populace is less likely to complain about public policy, the Party has allowed entertainment programming to follow the Western model, lessening the need for micro-managed censorship.