mi·cro
ˈmī-(ˌ)krō 
1
: very small
especially
: microscopic
2
: involving minute quantities or variations
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Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2025
The prototype is built using commercially available parts, including micro-LED lights, optical lenses, and sensors from smartphone cameras, keeping costs down and making future mass production feasible.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
John Choong, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The micro-budget production, which follows a paranoid mathematician searching for order in the chaos of numbers, established Aronofsky as a filmmaker eager to push his vision of the city as at once shabby and gorgeous.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
In 2019, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) conducted a pilot test of micro-jamming technology at the Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 6 Sep. 2025
The prototype is built using commercially available parts, including micro-LED lights, optical lenses, and sensors from smartphone cameras, keeping costs down and making future mass production feasible.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
Even so, any further upside will warrant stronger market share gains, which may be difficult as share grabs become more saturated given the current micro and macro environment.
—John Choong, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The micro-budget production, which follows a paranoid mathematician searching for order in the chaos of numbers, established Aronofsky as a filmmaker eager to push his vision of the city as at once shabby and gorgeous.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Micro.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/micro. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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micro
adjective
mi·cro
ˈmī-(ˌ)krō
1
: very small
especially
: microscopic
2
involving minute quantities or variations
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