Microenvironment
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Microenvironment is a noun meaning A very small area that has different characteristics than its surroundings; the milieu (set of conditions) within this area.
Meaning
A very small area that has different characteristics than its surroundings; the milieu (set of conditions) within this area.
Example Sentences
What was seen from the top down, as a large environment with many difficult trade-offs, is instead seen from the bottom up--as 10 million microenvironments, each to be regulated in its own right. It is this inversion of perspective that distinguishes microgovernment from other kinds of regulation, and that accounts for its often-bizarre behavior.
Word Forms
- microenvironments
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include microclimate, microclimatics, microcontext, micromilieu, microecosystem, microculture.
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