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発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪ.kɹoʊ/
• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊ/

形容詞

micro (comparative more micro, superlative most micro)

1. Small, relatively small; used to contrast levels of the noun modified.

   At the micro level he was a good manager. At the macro level he failed.

反意語

• macro

派生語

See also micro-

名詞

micro (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 micros)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of microwave oven.

   Just put it in the micro for 30 seconds and it's ready to eat.

2. (colloquial, economics, uncountable) Clipping of microeconomics.
3. (computing, dated, countable) short form of microcomputer
   • 1984, Mike Gerrard; Bryan Skinner, Mr Chips comes home: micros and home education, page 23:

     If you can possibly afford to spend a few more pounds then you should move up into the next price bracket, where the potential of the home micro starts to be realised.

   • 1986, Rachael Smith, Bomb Jack (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 5, May 1986

     So what sort of hero is this bounding, bomb collecting midget? The answer is an arcade hero - and now he's let loose in your micro courtesy of conversion kings, Elite.

4. (gaming, slang, uncountable) micromanagement
5. (fetishism) a very small person

派生語

• (microcomputer): micromania

動詞

micro (三人称単数 現在形 micros または microes, 現在分詞 microing, 過去形および過去分詞形 microed)

1. (gaming, slang) to micromanage

アナグラム

• Romic, cormi, crimo, moric