micro

Multiple Entries:
  micro    micro-  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
micro/ˈmʌɪkrəʊ/

▶noun (pl. micros)

• 1 a microcomputer.

• 2 a microprocessor.

▶adjective extremely small.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
micro-/ˈmʌɪkrəʊ/

▶combining form

• 1 small: microbrewery.

  ■ of reduced or restricted size: microdot.

• 2 denoting a factor of one millionth (10⁻⁶): microfarad.

– origin from Gk mikros ‘small’.