microworld
nounEtymology From micro- (“pertaining to an aspect of micronationalism”) + world.
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Informal The community of micronations; the micronational world.
microworld
nounUK /ˈmʌɪkɹəʊwəːld/
Etymology From micro- (“small”) + world.
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The world as it exists at a microscopic scale, subject to quantum effects etc.
- There are certainly many, new features to be learnt about the microworld and which quantum mechanics can inform about.2007 August 11, Peter J. Riggs, “Reflections on the deBroglie–Bohm Quantum Potential”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 1, →DOI:
- This randomness in the behaviour of the microworld came as a shock because, until this point, science was resolutely deterministic.2011, Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw, The Quantum World, Allen Lane, published 2011, page 8: