microformal

English

adj
Definitions
  • (music) Pertaining to the internal structure of a single phrase.
  • (literature) Pertaining to the characteristics and patterns of lines or phrases, as opposed to the structure of the entire work.
  • (more generally) Involving structure on a localized, small scale.
  • Having a miniaturized form.
  • (chemistry) Involving substances in which extremely small volumes are involved (such as antibiotics, antibodies or viruses).
  • (maths) "Thickened" using formal canonical relations between the cotangent bundles of smooth manifolds.

Etymology

Prefix from English formal.

Origin

English

formal

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