"micro-" meaning in Translingual

See micro- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: From New Latin micro- (“small”), from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”). Etymology templates: {{der|mul|la-new|micro-||small}} New Latin micro- (“small”), {{der|mul|grc|μικρός||small}} Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) Head templates: {{head|mul|prefix}} micro-
  1. Very small. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-micro--mul-prefix-bimYmetD
  2. (metric units) One millionth. Wikidata QID: Q154121 Tags: morpheme Synonyms: μ-
    Sense id: en-micro--mul-prefix-mul:Q154121 Categories (other): Translingual entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Translingual entries with incorrect language header: 34 66
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