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Define the word micro-

Micro- \Mi"cro-\, Micr- \Mi"cr-\ . [Gr. mikro`s small.]
   A combining form signifying:
   (a) Small, little, trivial, slight; as, microcosm,
       microscope.
   (b) (Metric System, Elec., Mech., etc.) A millionth part of;
       as, microfarad, microohm, micrometer.
       [1913 Webster]

micro
     adj : extremely small in scale or scope or capability

micro- pref. 1. Very small; this is the root of its use as a quantifier
   prefix. 2. A quantifier prefix, calling for multiplication by 10^(-6)
   (see {quantifiers}). Neither of these uses is peculiar to hackers, but
   hackers tend to fling them both around rather more freely than is
   countenanced in standard English. It is recorded, for example, that one
   CS professor used to characterize the standard length of his lectures as
   a microcentury -- that is, about 52.6 minutes (see also attoparsec,
   nanoacre, and especially microfortnight). 3. Personal or human-scale
   -- that is, capable of being maintained or comprehended or manipulated
   by one human being. This sense is generalized from `microcomputer', and
   is esp. used in contrast with `macro-' (the corresponding Greek prefix
   meaning `large'). 4. Local as opposed to global (or macro-). Thus a
   hacker might say that buying a smaller car to reduce pollution only
   solves a microproblem; the macroproblem of getting to work might be
   better solved by using mass transit, moving to within walking distance,
   or (best of all) telecommuting.

micro
     
        microprocessor
     
     

micro-
     
        prefix
     
     

Micro, NC (town, FIPS 42620)
  Location: 35.56264 N, 78.20416 W
  Population (1990): 417 (193 housing units)
  Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

Micro, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
   Population (2000):    454
   Housing Units (2000): 225
   Land area (2000):     0.407229 sq. miles (1.054718 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.407229 sq. miles (1.054718 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            42620
   Located within:       North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
   Location:             35.562802 N, 78.203882 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Micro, NC
    Micro