microscopic

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.

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micro·scopi·cal·ly adv.

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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

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	microscopic - of or relating to or used in microscopy; "microscopic analysis"; "microscopical examination" microscopical
	2.	microscopic - visible under a microscope; using a microscope microscopical 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" microscopical 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"

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microscopic

adjective tiny, minute, invisible, negligible, minuscule, imperceptible, infinitesimal, teeny-weeny, teensy-weensy microscopic fibres of protein
great, large, huge, vast, enormous, immense, gigantic, ginormous (informal)

Translations

microscopic [ˌmaɪkrəˈskɒpɪk] ADJ → microscópico

microscopic [ˌmaɪkrəˈskɒpɪk] adj → microscopique

microscopic

adj (in size) → mikroskopisch (klein); microscopic creature → mikroskopisch kleines Lebewesen; microscopic details → feinste Details; in microscopic detail → bis ins kleinste Detail

microscopic [ˌmaɪkrəˈskɒpɪk] microscopical [ˌmaɪkrəˈskɒpɪk/əl] adj → microscopico/a