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mi·cro·scop·ic  (mkr-skpk) also mi·cro·scop·i·cal (--kl)
adj.
1.
a. Too small to be seen by the unaided eye but large enough to be studied under a microscope.
b. Of, relating to, or concerned with a microscope.
2. Exceedingly small; minute: "The activities of men . . . were reduced to a microscopic scale" (John Hersey).
3. Characterized by or done with extreme attention to detail: a microscopic investigation.

micro·scopi·cal·ly adv.

microscopic [ˌmaɪkrəˈskɒpɪk] less commonly, microscopical
adj
1. (Physics / General Physics) not large enough to be seen with the naked eye but visible under a microscope Compare macroscopic
2. very small; minute
3. (Physics / General Physics) of, concerned with, or using a microscope
4. characterized by or done with great attention to detail
microscopically  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.microscopic - of or relating to or used in microscopymicroscopic - of or relating to or used in microscopy; "microscopic analysis"; "microscopical examination"
2.microscopic - visible under a microscope; using a microscope
seeable, visible - capable of being seen; or open to easy view; "a visible object"; "visible stars"; "mountains visible in the distance"; "a visible change of expression"; "visible files"
3.microscopic - extremely precise with great attention to details; "examined it with microscopic care"
precise - sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"
4.microscopic - so small as to be invisible without a microscope; "differences were microscopic"
little, small - limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group"

microscopic
Translations
microscopic [ˌmaɪkrəˈskɒpɪk] ADJmicroscópico
microscopic [ˌmaɪkrəˈskɒpɪk] adjmicroscopique
microscopic
adj (in size) → mikroskopisch (klein); microscopic creaturemikroskopisch kleines Lebewesen; microscopic detailsfeinste Details; in microscopic detailbis ins kleinste Detail
microscopic [ˌmaɪkrəˈskɒpɪk] microscopical [ˌmaɪkrəˈskɒpɪkl] adjmicroscopico/a


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Physicists distinguish between macroscopic and microscopic equations: the former determine the visible movements of bodies of ordinary size, the latter the minute occurrences in the smallest parts.
As the inimical plant could only be present in very microscopic dimensions to have escaped ordinary observation, to find it seemed rather a hopeless attempt in the stretch of rich grass before them.
The only motion in the air was that of the dripping, microscopic particles of drizzling mist.
 
 
 
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