microworld

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌɪkɹəʊwəːld/

Etymology 1

From micro- (“small”) +‎ world.

Noun

microworld (plural microworlds)

1. The world as it exists at a microscopic scale, subject to quantum effects etc. [from 20th c.]
   • 2007 August 11, Peter J. Riggs, “Reflections on the deBroglie–Bohm Quantum Potential”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 1, →DOI:

     There are certainly many, new features to be learnt about the microworld and which quantum mechanics can inform about.

   • 2011, Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw, The Quantum World, Allen Lane, published 2011, page 8:

     This randomness in the behaviour of the microworld came as a shock because, until this point, science was resolutely deterministic.

Etymology 2

From micro- (“pertaining to an aspect of micronationalism”) +‎ world.

Noun

microworld (plural microworlds)

1. (micronationalism, informal) The community of micronations; the micronational world.