Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
Very small in scale or scope.
verb
Clipping of micromanage.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryClipping of microwave (“microwave oven”). · Clipping of microeconomics. · Clipping of microcomputer. · Clipping of micromanagement.
From micro-, typically as shortened forms for modern words formed with the prefix, ultimately from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”).
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- Derivation mentionμικρόςgrc
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