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# How to pronounce "micromutation" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)**: `/mɪkrɒmʌtæʃən/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **mi·cro·mu·ta·ti·on**
- **Parts of Speech**: noun
- **NOUN**: A very small, localized mutation

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (6 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "micromutation" in real conversation:

### Example 1
> "ways in which the micromutational, microevolutionary stuff of an hour ago is not what's going on an awful lot of the time."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 63:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dRXA1_e30o&t=3824s)

### Example 2
> "But broadly when you were talking about this world of micromutations, for our purposes what we will mean by a micromutation"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 16:56](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dRXA1_e30o&t=1016s)

### Example 3
> "And thus, this world of micromutation-- single spots that are mutating-- what this tends to do, and this is an important concept for what's to come,"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 23:17](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dRXA1_e30o&t=1397s)

### Example 4
> "We are worlds away from the dull, gradualist world of micromutational stuff from the other day of one protein"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 46:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFILgg9_hrU&t=2793s)

### Example 5
> "And once these folks had assimilated what evolution looks like on the genetic level, mutational level, micromutational changes, they loved genetics."
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 62:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dRXA1_e30o&t=3733s)

### Example 6
> "but a world, none the less, where for our soundbite, micromutations are affecting how readily a protein does"
- **Jump to Video Timestamp**: [Watch on YouTube at 2:04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFILgg9_hrU&t=124s)


## Related Words & Synonyms

- **Nearby Vocabulary**: [mica](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/mica), [micaceous](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/micaceous), [micacious](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/micacious), [micacite](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/micacite), [micah](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/micah), [micasization](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/micasization), [micasize](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/micasize), [micate](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/micate)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce "micromutation" correctly?
"micromutation" is pronounced `/mɪkrɒmʌtæʃən/`. Syllable breakdown: **mi·cro·mu·ta·ti·on**.

### What does "micromutation" mean in context?
A very small, localized mutation

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