Microeconomics analyzes the economic behavior of consumers, investors, workers and companies as individual agents.
Micro is a word that comes from the Greek language and means "small." It is a compositional element that is used in different languages to form several words. On the other hand, micro is used in the names of units of measurement to refer to the submultiple that corresponds to a millionth .
That is, in this sense micro is a unit used within the International System of Measurements that is represented with the Greek letter mi and that we can establish that it has a value of 10 to the power of minus 6. Therefore, we can affirm that this prefix is equal to 0.000001.
Examples of micro
A microphone can be a microphone , which is a device that allows sound waves to be transformed into electrical currents for amplification. For example: "The singer of the band got nervous because his microphone wasn't working well."
Micro is also the abbreviated form for referring to the microprocessor , the integrated circuit ( microchip ) that contains the elements necessary to make up a central processing unit ( CPU ) of a computer . Microphones are made up of millions of transistors that are integrated into a silicon plate: "My computer's microphone burned out and I have to buy a new one urgently."
In the field of technology , microcomputers are also referred to. This is what small computers or computers are called.
As a prefix, micro allows us to form words such as microscope ( micro-scope / "observe" ), a device used to observe objects that are too small to be seen with the naked eye, or microelectronics , which is the application of electronics to circuits and components of very small dimensions.
Microwave, microorganism,microalgae, microbiology, microcephaly,microenterprises,microfilm, microplastics… Son muchos los conceptos que se crean apelando a este elemento compositivo. Como se puede apreciar, hay términos que son de uso cotidiano, como es el caso de microwave (sobre todo para nombrar al horno que recurre a la radiación electromagnética para cocinar o calentar los alimentos) y microorganism (como las bacterias y los virus).
A micropayment is a payment that involves the disbursement of a small amount.
A very short story
Likewise, we cannot ignore a term widely used in the field of literature and that makes use of the word we are analyzing. This is the concept of micro-story , which comes to define all that narrative that is characterized, compared to other genres, by its brevity.
Mini story o micro story es como también se conoce a dicha narración que tiene su origen en la Middle Ages, aunque para algunos los primeros ejemplos de estas expresiones se encontrarían en las distintas parábolas sobre Christ. Además de todo ello, hay que exponer que entre los autores más relevantes que han practicado la realización de microrrelatos se encuentran Julio Cortazar,Ramon Gomez de la Serna yJorge Luis Borges.
If we talk about micropoetry , on the other hand, the brief expression is obviously part of poetry. These manifestations are characterized by their short verses.
The limited extension also appears in publications that occur in the digital or virtual sphere. Microblogging is the essence of X , the social network formerly known as Twitter , which imposes limitations on the number of characters that messages can include. Likewise, the notion of microvlogging is used to name videos of a few seconds.
Microfauna is made up of microorganisms that simultaneously inhabit a region.
Micro in Latin America
It should be noted that in some Latin American countries the word micro is used as a synonym for bus , bus or omnibus .
«I already have the bus ticket to travel to Mar del Plata» y «I prefer to travel by train than by bus, it is much more comfortable for me» son expresiones que muestran este uso.
If we take the case of Argentina , the idea of micro refers to long-distance transportation . When the vehicle makes short trips, the collective word is preferred. Therefore, if a person uses public transportation to make a trip of twenty blocks within the City of Buenos Aires , they will say that they got on a bus; On the other hand, someone who gets on a bus in the City of Buenos Aires but goes to Mar del Plata , 415 kilometers away, will say that they traveled by bus.
It is interesting to mention that double-deck buses exist. Passengers are distributed over two floors, some traveling in the lower section and others in the upper part of the bus.
A Valencian publication
In addition to all the above, we cannot ignore the fact that Micro is the name of a publication of great value within the Valencian Community .
Specifically, it is a free daily newspaper in the area of Gandía and Safor that has a complete and updated website where any citizen of the place and also anyone interested in said enclave has the opportunity to be up to date with everything there. happens, whether on a political, sporting or cultural level.