micromanipulations

Noun

micromanipulation (countable and uncountable, plural micromanipulations)

1. The manipulation of objects too small to be seen with the unaided eye.
   • Micromanipulations are performed in a Petri dish chamber.2012, A. Kuliev, Yury Verlinsky, Preimplantation Genetics, page 274
2. A very small adjustment; a tweak.
   • Links with concretism are evident in the geometry of the song and in the micromanipulations of words, splits, and pairings, which multiply their suggestions.1996, Charles A. Perrone, Seven Faces: Brazilian Poetry Since Modernism, page 109
3. A subtly manipulative act; An interpersonal ploy to influence others without the direct use of power.
   • The statement "So-and-so is idiotic, and anyone who says otherwise is also idiotic." is a micromanipulation in at least the sense of the intent of isolating the dissidents and other people from each other.