"micropower" meaning in English

See micropower in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Italic *potis Proto-Italic *som Proto-Italic *possom Latin posseder. Vulgar Latin potēre Old French pooir Anglo-Norman poerbor. Middle English power English power English micropower From micro- + power. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|micro-<id:very small>|power|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Italic *potis Proto-Italic *som Proto-Italic *possom Latin posseder. Vulgar Latin potēre Old French pooir Anglo-Norman poerbor. Middle English power English power English micropower [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "potēre", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "posse", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*pótis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*potis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" }, { "alt" : "*som", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*ezom", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*possom", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "possum", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Vulgar Latin", "term" : "posso", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "la-vul" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "pooir", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Anglo-Norman", "term" : "poer", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "xno" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "power", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "power", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "micropower", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="micropower"> From micro- + power., {{ety|en|:af|micro-<id:very small>|power|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Ancient Greek μῑκρο- (mīkro-)lbor. English micro- Proto-Indo-European *pótis Proto-Italic *potis Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *som Proto-Italic *possom Latin posseder. Vulgar Latin potēre Old French pooir Anglo-Norman poerbor. Middle English power English power English micropower From micro- + power. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} micropower (uncountable)
  1. (sometimes attributive) The generation, storage and use of extremely small amounts of power. Tags: attributive, sometimes, uncountable
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