English-Thai Dictionary

microcosm

N โลก ขนาดเล็ก มาก  lok-ka-nad-lek

 

microcosmic

ADJ เกี่ยวกับ เศรษฐศาสตร์จุลภาค  kiao-kab-sed-ta-sad-jun-la-pak

 

microcosmically

ADV ทาง เศรษฐศาสตร์จุลภาค  tang-sed-ta-sad-jun-la-pak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MICROCOSM

n.[Gr. small, and world. ] Literally, the little world; but used for man, supposed to be an epitome of the universe or great world. Microcosmic salt, a triple salt of soda, ammonia and phosphoric acid, obtained from urine.

 

MICROCOSMICAL

a.Pertaining to the microcosm.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MICROCOSM

Mi "cro *cosm, n. Etym: [F. microcosme, L. microcosmus, fr. Gr.

 

Defn: A little world; a miniature universe. Hence (so called by Paracelsus ), a man, as a supposed epitome of the exterior universe or great world. Opposed to macrocosm. Shak.

 

MICROCOSMIC; MICROCOSMICAL

Mi `cro *cos "mic, Mi `cro *cos "mic *al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. microcosmique.]

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to the microcosm. Microcosmic salt (Chem. ), a white crystalline substance obtained by mixing solutions of sodium phosphate and ammonium phosphate, and also called hydric-sodic- ammonic-phosphate. It is a powerful flux, and is used as a substitute for borax as a blowpipe reagent in testing for the metallic oxides. Originally obtained by the alchemists from human urine, and called sal microcosmicum.

 

MICROCOSMOGRAPHY

Mi `cro *cos *mog "ra *phy, n. Etym: [Microcosm + -graphy.]

 

Defn: Description of man as a microcosm.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

microcosm

mi cro cosm |ˈmīkrəˌkäzəm ˈmaɪkroʊkɑːzəm |(also microcosmos |ˌmīkrəˈkäzməs, -mōs |) ▶noun a community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristic qualities or features of something much larger: Berlin is a microcosm of Germany, in unity as in division. • humankind regarded as the epitome of the universe. PHRASES in microcosm in miniature. DERIVATIVES mi cro cos mic |ˌmīkrəˈkäzmik |adjective, mi cro cos mi cal ly |-ˈkäzmik (ə )lē |adverb ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French microcosme or medieval Latin microcosmus, from Greek mikros kosmos ‘little world. ’

 

microcosmic salt

mi cro cos mic salt |ˌmīkrəˈkäzmik ˌmaɪkrəˌkɑzmɪk ˈsɔlt | ▶noun Chemistry a white crystalline salt obtained from human urine. [Hydrated sodium ammonium hydrogen phosphate; chem. formula: HNaNH 4 PO 4 4H 2 O. ] ORIGIN late 18th cent.: translating Latin sal microcosmicus.

 

Oxford Dictionary

microcosm

microcosm |ˈmʌɪkrə (ʊ )kɒz (ə )m | ▶noun a community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristics of something much larger: the city is a microcosm of modern Malaysia. • humankind regarded as the representation in miniature of the universe. DERIVATIVES microcosmic |-ˈkɒzmɪk |adjective, microcosmically |-ˈkɒzmɪk (ə )li |adverb ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French microcosme or medieval Latin microcosmus, from Greek mikros kosmos ‘little world ’.

 

microcosmic salt

micro |cos ¦mic salt ▶noun [ mass noun ] Chemistry a white crystalline salt obtained from human urine. ●Hydrated sodium ammonium hydrogen phosphate; chem. formula: HNaNH 4 PO 4. 4H 2 O. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: translating Latin sal microcosmicus.

 

French Dictionary

microcosme

microcosme n. m. nom masculin littéraire Univers en miniature.

 

Spanish Dictionary

microcosmo

microcosmo nombre masculino Microcosmos .

 

microcosmos

microcosmos nombre masculino 1 Parte de la realidad o grupo humano que conforma un ámbito cerrado y se toma como la totalidad en que se desarrolla o mueve una persona, obra, etc. , o como un reflejo de una realidad superior :la novela presenta el microcosmos que configura la vida de la emigración italiana a lo largo del último medio siglo .SINÓNIMO microcosmo .2 filos El ser humano considerado como reflejo y resumen del universo o macrocosmos :se habla del hombre como un microcosmos dentro del gran macrocosmos del universo .SINÓNIMO microcosmo .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

microcosm

mi cro cosm /máɪkrəkɑ̀z (ə )m |-kɔ̀z (ə )m /名詞 C ｟かたく ｠小世界, 縮図 (↔macrocosm ).in m í crocosm 小規模に .