microworld

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Etymology 1

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From micro- (small) +‎ world.

Noun

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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

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

Noun

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microworld (plural microworlds)

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