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  One millionth of the fundamental unit of time in the Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight system of measurement; 1.2096 sec. (A furlong is 1/8th of a mile; a firkin is 1/4th of a barrel; the mass unit of the system is taken to be a firkin of water). The VMS operating system has a lot of tuning parameters that […]

• Microfossil

  [mahy-kroh-fos-il] /ˌmaɪ kroʊˈfɒs ɪl/ noun 1. a so small that it can be studied and identified only with a microscope. /ˈmaɪkrəʊˌfɒsəl/ noun 1. a fossil generally less than 0.5 millimetre in size, such as a protozoan, bacterium, or pollen grain microfossil (mī’krō-fŏs’əl) A microscopic fossil, as of a pollen grain or unicellular organism.

• Microfossils

  [mahy-kroh-fos-il] /ˌmaɪ kroʊˈfɒs ɪl/ noun 1. a so small that it can be studied and identified only with a microscope. /ˈmaɪkrəʊˌfɒsəl/ noun 1. a fossil generally less than 0.5 millimetre in size, such as a protozoan, bacterium, or pollen grain microfossil (mī’krō-fŏs’əl) A microscopic fossil, as of a pollen grain or unicellular organism.

• Microgamete

  [mahy-kroh-gam-eet, -guh-meet] /ˌmaɪ kroʊˈgæm it, -gəˈmit/ noun, Cell Biology. 1. (in heterogamous reproduction) the smaller and, usually, the male of two conjugating . /ˌmaɪkrəʊˈɡæmiːt/ noun 1. the smaller and apparently male of two gametes in conjugating protozoans Compare macrogamete microgamete mi·cro·gam·ete (mī’krō-gām’ēt’, -gə-mēt’) n. The smaller of a pair of conjugating gametes, usually the male, […]

• Microgametocyte

  microgametocyte mi·cro·ga·me·to·cyte (mī’krō-gə-mē’tə-sīt’) n. A gametocyte that gives rise to microgametes.

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