Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Micro"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
micro
adj : extremely small in scale or scope or capability
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