0 a small place, society, or situation that has the same characteristics as something much larger: --
1 a small place, society, or situation that has the same characteristics as something much larger: --
As such, they constitute a microcosm of the cultural and intellectual currents swirling about the court.
The purpose of this study was used to investigate the developing metabolic diversity of microcosm dental plaques.
These interests could be extended and developed because the experimenters situated spirits in activefluidsand then located these fluids throughout the microcosm and the macrocosm.
The cleaned sand was then autoclaved in a 4 cm pan for 30 min and used to fill the microcosm culture vessels after drying.
In effect, the site became a microcosm of the material world.
Exploration of each individual's interior microcosm was at the same time an exploration of the macrocosm.
It is a microcosm of the loose federation (one dare not say community) that concerns itself with linguistic sound patterns.
Because of this, we must, in my opinion, view the peer group not simply as a subsection of society but as a society in microcosm.