by D-Vo January 20, 2006

A small, representative system having analogies to a larger system in constitution, configuration, or development
A boarding school is a microcosm in comparison to the real world. Although it may have the same characteristics, it is just a smaller version of it and not the real thing. See macrocosm and wobblotocrosm
by Alisha July 08, 2004

by Pink Sheets December 28, 2005
