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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Microcosmic  \Mi`cro*cos"mic\,  Microcosmical  \Mi`cro*cos"mic*al\, 
  a.  [Cf.  F.  microcosmique.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  microcosm. 
 
  {Microcosmic  salt}  (Chem.),  a  white  crystalline  substance 
  obtained  by  mixing  solutions  of  sodium  phosphate  and 
  ammonium  phosphate,  and  also  called 
  {hydric-sodic-ammonic-phosphate}.  It  is  a  powerful  flux, 
  and  is  used  as  a  substitute  for  borax  as  a  blowpipe 
  reagent  in  testing  for  the  metallic  oxides.  Originally 
  obtained  by  the  alchemists  from  human  urine,  and  called 
  {sal  microcosmicum}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  microcosmic 
  adj  :  relating  to  or  characteristic  of  a  microcosm;  "the 
  microcosmic  world  of  business" 




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