Hypertext Webster Gateway: "microcosmic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Microcosmic \Mi`cro*cos"mic\, Microcosmical \Mi`cro*cos"mic*al\,
a. [Cf. F. microcosmique.]
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
microcosmic
adj : relating to or characteristic of a microcosm; "the
microcosmic world of business"
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