microcosm

microcosm englannista suomeksi

1. mikrokosmos

0. Substantiivi

1. mikrokosmos

2. malli, mikrokosmos

3. pienoismaailma, mikrokosmos

microcosm englanniksi

1. Human nature or the human body as representative of the wider universe; man considered as a miniature counterpart of divine or universal nature. (defdate)

2. 1972, Rolf Soellner, ''Shakespeare's Patterns of Self-Knowledge'', Chapter 3: ''Microcosm and Macrocosm: Framing The Picture of Man'', page 43:

The Christian humanists were emphatic in their demand that a man who wishes to understand himself must realize that he is a little world that reflects on a smaller scale the larger world of the universe.(..)On the other hand, the whole idea of man as a microcosm was questioned by those who were not in sympathy with the Christian humanists.

3. The human body; a person. (defdate)

4. (RQ:Shakespeare Coriolanus)

5. A smaller system which is seen as representative (m) a larger one. (defdate)

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9. A small natural ecosystem; an artificial ecosystem set up as an experimental model. (defdate)

10. 2009, Jerry C. Smrchek, Maurice G. Zeeman, Chapter 3: ''Assessing Risks to Ecological Systems from Chemicals'', Peter P. Calow (editor), ''Handbook of Environmental Risk Assessment and Management'', page 53:

The method is relatively labour intensive (24-30 microcosms are run) and more difficult to interpret when compared with other microcosm methods (Shannon et al. 1986; Cairns & Cherry 1993).

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