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micrology

micrology noun: the study of trivialities and minutiae, or focusing on the small details rather than the whole picture.

Noun

micrology (usually uncountable, plural micrologies)

  1. (usually) The study of trivialities and minutiae, or focusing on the small details rather than the whole picture.
  2. (usually) That part of science that deals with microscopic objects, or depends on microscopic observation; microscopy.

micrology meaning in Tamil

micrology in Tamil

நுண்ணியல், நுண்பொருள் அறிவியல்

Forms of micrology

pluralmicrologies

Origin of micrology

Sense 1 is borrowed directly from Ancient Greek μικρολογία (mikrología, “pettiness, stinginess, triviality”), with the suffix reinterpreted as -logy. Sense 2 is micro- + -logy, effectively the same etymological components.

Words formed from micrology

Questions about micrology

What does micrology mean?
Micrology means the study of trivialities and minutiae, or focusing on the small details rather than the whole picture.
What is micrology in Tamil?
Micrology in Tamil is நுண்ணியல், நுண்பொருள் அறிவியல். See Micrology meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is micrology?
Micrology is a noun.
What is the plural of micrology?
The plural of micrology is micrologies.

Words near micrology in the dictionary

  1. micrologically
  2. micrologies
  3. micrologist
  4. micrologists
  5. micrologs
  6. micrology
  7. microlot
  8. microlots
  9. microlumen
  10. microlumens
  11. microlux

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: micrology (page history and authors); micrology (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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