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microscopic
[mahy-kruh-skop-ik]
adjective
so small as to be invisible or indistinct without the use of the microscope.
microscopic organisms.
very small; tiny.
of, relating to, or involving a microscope.
microscopic investigation.
very detailed; meticulous.
a microscopic view of society.
suggestive of the precise use of the microscope; minute.
microscopic exactness.
microscopic
/ ˌɪəˈɒɪ /
adjective
not large enough to be seen with the naked eye but visible under a microscope Compare macroscopic
very small; minute
of, concerned with, or using a microscope
characterized by or done with great attention to detail
Other 51Թ Forms
- microscopically adverb
- nonmicroscopic adjective
- nonmicroscopical adjective
- nonmicroscopically adverb
- unmicroscopic adjective
- unmicroscopically adverb
- ˌˈDZ辱 adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of microscopic1
Example Sentences
But even if the hope goes, that microscopic inkling — the one that convinces us even fiction might have some truth to it — lingers.
The DMS that cycles around our world is produced, for the most part, by marine organisms, most notably the microscopic plants known as phytoplankton that live in the nutrient-rich upper layer of the ocean.
The level of microscopic interest in anything any of us said, tweeted, posted, is a new — there aren’t many new experiences for actors who’ve been around a long time, but this one has been shocking.
For one, there are many different kinds that all look different, and evidence of parasitic infection can be excreted as parasitic larvae, which are microscopic.
The host of life on ice includes bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, even microscopic animals like nematodes, some dead and some alive in suspended animation.
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