Usually means: Very small, often microscopic scale.
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We found 62 dictionaries that define the word micro:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. micro, micro-: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. micro, micro-: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. micro, micro-: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. micro, micro-: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Micro, micro, micro-: Wordnik
  6. micro, micro-: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. Micro, micro: Wiktionary
  8. micro, micro-: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. micro-: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. micro: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. micro, micro, micro-: Dictionary.com
  12. micro-: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. micro, micro-: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Micro-, Micro (SI prefix), Micro (Thai band), Micro (car), Micro (cars), Micro (disambiguation), Micro (novel), Micro: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Micro-: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. micro: Rhymezone
  17. Micro-, micro(-ordinateur) (m), micro (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. micro, micro-: MyWord.info
  19. micro, micro-: Free Dictionary
  20. micro: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. micro, micro, micro-: Dictionary/thesaurus
  22. micro-: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  23. micro: Vocabulary.com

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. English-Chinese Dictionary of Graphic Communications (Big 5) (No longer online)
  2. Micro: Numismatic Dictionary
  3. micro-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  2. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  3. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  4. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. micro, micro-: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. micro-: Netlingo
  3. micro, micro-: CCI Computer
  4. Micro-: Cybernetics and Systems
  5. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  6. Micro (disambiguation), micro, micro-: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Micro-: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  2. ABTA Brain Tumor Patients (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  6. micro-: Medical dictionary
  7. Micro-: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. MICRO-, MICRO: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. Electrochemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Misunderstood Physics Terms (No longer online)
  3. Micro: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics
  4. micro-: Extragalactic Astronomy
  5. General Chemistry Online (No longer online)
  6. Micro-: Physic and Astronomy Glossary
  7. Micro-: NRC Glossary of Nuclear Terms --
  8. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. micro: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Composite Terms (No longer online)
  3. Oil Analysis (No longer online)
  4. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)
  5. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  6. Nuclear Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See micros as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Small, relatively small; used to contrast levels of the noun modified.
noun:  (computing, dated, countable) short form of microcomputer
noun:  (gaming, slang, uncountable) micromanagement
noun:  (fetishism) A very small person, in the context of microphilia or macrophilia.
verb:  (gaming, slang) to micromanage
noun:  A town in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States.
noun:  (colloquial) Clipping of microwave oven. [An oven that uses microwave energy to heat food or other items placed within it.]
noun:  (colloquial, economics, uncountable) Clipping of microeconomics. [(economics) The field of economics that deals with small-scale economic activities such as those of an individual or company.]

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