Usually means: Small-scale representation of something.
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  1. microcosm: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. microcosm: Merriam-Webster
  3. microcosm: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. microcosm: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. microcosm: Collins English Dictionary
  6. microcosm: Vocabulary.com
  7. Microcosm, microcosm: Wordnik
  8. microcosm: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. microcosm: Wiktionary
  10. microcosm: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. microcosm: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. microcosm: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. microcosm: Dictionary.com
  14. microcosm: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. microcosm: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Microcosm (CERN), Microcosm (experimental ecosystem), Microcosm (video game), Microcosm: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Microcosm: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. microcosm: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. microcosm: Rhymezone
  20. Microcosm: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. microcosm: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Microcosm: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. microcosm: FreeDictionary.org
  24. microcosm: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. microcosm: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. microcosm: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. microcosm: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Nelson Political Science Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. microcosm: Encyclopedia

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Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

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  1. microcosm: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See microcosmic as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Human nature or the human body as representative of the wider universe; man considered as a miniature counterpart of divine or universal nature.
noun:  (obsolete) The human body; a person.
noun:  A smaller system which is seen as representative of a larger one.
noun:  (ecology) A small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model.

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