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- IPA: /ˈmaɪ.kɹə.ˌkɑz.əm/
- IPA: /ˈmaɪ.kɹə.ˌkɒz.əm/
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Substantiivit
- Human nature or the human body as representative of the wider universe; man considered as a miniature counterpart of divine or universal nature.
- (obsolete) The human body; a person.
- A smaller system which is seen as representative of a larger one.
- (ecology) A small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model.
Esimerkit
- The Christian humanists were emphatic in their demand that a man who wishes to understand himself must realize that he is a little world that reflects on a smaller scale the larger world of the universe.[...]On the other hand, the whole idea of man as a microcosm was questioned by those who were not in sympathy with the Christian humanists.
- If you see this in the Map of my Microcosme, followes it that I am knowne well enough too?
- ‘In a sense, the problems experienced at Bristol are like a microcosm of what is happening in the NHS - experienced surgeons battling against difficult circumstances, with inadequate resources and in a culture where the finding of scapegoats appears to be put before the finding of solutions.’
- Steve Bruce's side have swung from highs to lows in what has been at best a wildly inconsistent start to the season. They experienced a microcosm of this within the opening 45 minutes at the Stadium of Light.
- The method is relatively labour intensive (24-30 microcosms are run) and more difficult to interpret when compared with other microcosm methods (Shannon et al. 1986; Cairns & Cherry 1993).
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