microscopical
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mi·cro·scop·ic
(mī′krə-skŏp′ĭk) also mi·cro·scop·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)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.
[microscope + -ic.]
mi′cro·scop′i·cal·ly adv.
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2. | microscopical - visible under a microscope; using a microscope | |
3. | microscopical - so small as to be invisible without a microscope; "differences were microscopic" |
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mi·cro·scop·ic
, microscopicala. microscópico-a, rel. al microscopio.