MICRO
What does "MICRO" mean?
Extremely small; operating on a very small scale.
Meanings
- Very small or small-scale, especially in contrast to something larger. She invested in micro businesses across the region.
- A microcomputer, microprocessor, or microphone, shortened in casual speech. Plug the micro into the mixing board. informal
- A prefix meaning one millionth of a unit, or simply 'very small'. A micrometer is one millionth of a meter. technical
Did you know?
- In the metric system, 'micro' precisely means one millionth - so a micron, or micrometer, is a thousandth of a millimeter, roughly the width of a strand of spider silk.
Word origin
From Greek 'mikros' (small); used as a combining form in scientific English and, since the 20th century, as a free-standing word.
Remember it
MICRO comes from Greek 'mikros', meaning small - the 'micro' in microscope, microbe, and microchip all just mean tiny.
A little poem
Too small to be seen-
yet the whole vast machine waits
on this speck of work.
haiku
Wordplay
- The micro and the macro had an argument. It started small but quickly blew up out of all proportion.
What it teaches
Whole worlds run on what is too small for the eye to bother noticing.
Quick facts
What does MICRO mean?
Extremely small; operating on a very small scale.
Is MICRO a valid word?
Yes — MICRO is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is MICRO?
MICRO has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does MICRO come from?
From Greek 'mikros' (small); used as a combining form in scientific English and, since the 20th century, as a free-standing word.
What can MICRO teach us?
Whole worlds run on what is too small for the eye to bother noticing.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.