microcosm
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mi·cro·cosm
(mī'krə-kŏz'əm) 
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A small, representative system having analogies to a larger system in constitution, configuration, or development: "He sees the auto industry as a microcosm of the U.S. itself" (William J. Hampton).
microcosmically mi'cro·cos'mi·cal·ly adv.
n.
A small, representative system having analogies to a larger system in constitution, configuration, or development: "He sees the auto industry as a microcosm of the U.S. itself" (William J. Hampton).
[Middle English microcosme, man as a little world, from Old French, from Late Latin mīcrocosmus, from Greek mīkros kosmos : mīkros, small + kosmos, world, order.]
microcosmic mi'cro·cos'mic (-kŏz'mĭk) or mi'cro·cos'mi·cal (-mĭ-kəl) adj.microcosmically mi'cro·cos'mi·cal·ly adv.
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microcosm
IN BRIEF: The world or universe on a small scale. Also: A small ecosystem.
A pond microcosm can be self-sustaining unless chemicals are introduced.
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categories related to 'microcosm'
- Social Structure and Conditions - microcosm: group believed to be representative of a much larger entity
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Microcosm (CERN)
Microcosm is a museum of particle physics located at CERN in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland, near the town of Meyrin. It covers a broad range of particle physics topics, as well as the entire history of CERN. Exhibits include:
- explanations of the purpose of CERN and particle physics research in general.
- a mock-up, hands-on version of Rutherford's gold foil experiment
- a real-time cosmic ray detector
- a mock-up of the Large Hadron Collider tunnel
- models and explanations of current and future CERN experiments
- equipment from old experiments, including a large part of the UA1 detector, which ran at the Super Proton Synchrotron at CERN from 1981 to 1984, and helped discover the W and Z bosons.
Microcosm garden
The Microcosm garden features several large components of old CERN experiments.
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The entire garden
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An RF cavity from the Large Electron-Positron Collider
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Initial stages of an old particle accelerator
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Microcosm
Dansk (Danish)
n. - mikrokosmos, lilleverden
Nederlands (Dutch)
microkosmos (kleine afspiegeling van groot geheel), de mens als symbool voor het heelal/ de wereld
Français (French)
n. - microcosme
Deutsch (German)
n. - Mikrokosmos
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μικρόκοσμος
Português (Portuguese)
n. - microcosmo (m)
Español (Spanish)
n. - microcosmo
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mikrokosm
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
微观世界
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 微觀世界
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 小宇宙, 小世界, 人間, 縮図
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) صورة مصغرة
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - דגם מוקטן, המין האנושי, קהילה שהיא דגם קטן של העולם, מיקרוקוסמוס
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