"mesocosm" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-mesocosm.wav [US] Forms: mesocosms [plural]
Etymology: meso- + -cosm Etymology templates: {{af|en|meso-|-cosm}} meso- + -cosm Head templates: {{en-noun}} mesocosm (plural mesocosms)
  1. Any system larger than a microcosm but smaller than a macrocosm, especially when used as an outdoor experimental system that examines the natural environment under controlled conditions.

Inflected forms

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