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Molly E. Holzschlag
@mholzschlag
23 Sep 2013
Stupid ruminations keeping me awake: Is there a midpoint between "micro" and "macro"? An opposite of meta?
Sep 23, 2013 · 8:38 AM UTC
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Mariusz
@dotmariusz
23 Sep 2013
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there's an empty string between micro- and macro-. See "cosmos", "microcosmos" and "macrocosmos".
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Molly E. Holzschlag
@mholzschlag
23 Sep 2013
@dotmariusz
empty semantic strings, no wonder I'm obsessing - there's no there there. ;)
Mariusz
@dotmariusz
23 Sep 2013
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@mollydotcom
in statistics people also use "mezzo-" for midpoint.
Barry Carlyon
@BarryCarlyon
23 Sep 2013
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mecro? (e is halfway between a and i) :-P
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