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- 5. a community, place, or situation regarded as encapsulating in miniature the characteristics of something much larger.
- 6. A microvolt (µV) is a unit of electromotive force or potential difference, equal to one millionth (10⁻⁶) of a volt.
- 7. the branch of economics that focuses on the behavior of individual economic units, like households and firms, and their interactions within specific markets, such as supply and demand, and market structures.
- 8. the collection of large, visible plants (like trees, shrubs, and grasses) in a particular area
- 10. a minute electric circuit, especially an integrated circuit.
- 12. the large-scale or overall structure of something, e.g. an organism, a mechanical construction, or a written text.
- 13. a shorthand for a sequence of instructions
- 16. the analysis of large-scale samples or systems, respectively focusing on the highest levels of social activity or large-scale literary computing
- 18. a macrospore is also known as a megaspore, which is the larger of the two types of spores produced by heterosporous plants, and develops into a female gametophyte
- 19. a condition where a person's head circumference is larger than average for their age
- 20. A processor that is miniaturized
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- 1. a large blood cell
- 2. A small area which differs from the surroundings
- 3. encompasses broad, external forces like political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental (PESTLE) factors that influence businesses and economies, but are largely beyond their direct control.
- 4. In simpler terms, zero gravity or "weightless"
- 9. a laboratory tool, sometimes called a "gene chip" or "DNA chip," used to simultaneously analyze the expression of thousands of genes or to detect specific DNA sequences, often used to identify genetic variations.
- 11. Another term for microcredit
- 14. A microbrewery is a brewery that produces a small amount of beer, typically less than 15,000 barrels annually, and sells a significant portion of it off-site.
- 15. a photographic reproduction or image of an object, typically taken at a scale visible to the naked eye, with a magnification of up to about 10 diameters
- 17. organisms, visible to the naked eye, that inhabit benthic (bottom) or soil environments, and are typically defined as those retained on a 1 mm sieve
