MACROCOSM


Meaning of MACROCOSM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈma-krə-ˌkä-zəm ]

noun

Etymology: French macrocosme, from Medieval Latin macrocosmos, from Latin macr- + Greek kosmos order, universe

Date: 1600

1. : the great world : universe

2. : a complex that is a large-scale reproduction of one of its constituents

• mac·ro·cos·mic ˌma-krə-ˈkäz-mik adjective

• mac·ro·cos·mi·cal·ly -mi-k(ə-)lē adverb

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.