microcosmic

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. relating to or characteristic of a microcosm“the microcosmic world of business”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Microcosmic \Mi`cro*cos"mic\, Microcosmical \Mi`cro*cos"mic*al\, a. [Cf. F. microcosmique.] Of or pertaining to the microcosm. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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