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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Microcosmic

· Mi·cro·cos·mic · IPA
01 a. Of or pertaining to the microcosm.
  1. 1.
    Of or pertaining to the microcosm.
Phrases & compounds
Microcosmic salt — a white crystalline substance obtained by mixing solutions of sodium phosphate and ammonium phosphate, and also called hydric-sodic-ammonic-phosphate. It is a powerful flux, and is used as a substitute for borax as a blowpipe reagent in testing for the metallic oxides. Originally obtained by the alchemists from human urine, and called sal microcosmicum.