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microscopic

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[mahy-kruh-skop-ik]

adjective

  1. so small as to be invisible or indistinct without the use of the microscope.

    microscopic organisms.

  2. very small; tiny.

  3. of, relating to, or involving a microscope.

    microscopic investigation.

  4. very detailed; meticulous.

    a microscopic view of society.

  5. suggestive of the precise use of the microscope; minute.

    microscopic exactness.



microscopic

/ ˌɪəˈɒɪ /

adjective

  1. not large enough to be seen with the naked eye but visible under a microscope Compare macroscopic

  2. very small; minute

  3. of, concerned with, or using a microscope

  4. characterized by or done with great attention to detail

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • microscopically adverb
  • nonmicroscopic adjective
  • nonmicroscopical adjective
  • nonmicroscopically adverb
  • unmicroscopic adjective
  • unmicroscopically adverb
  • ˌˈDZ辱 adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of microscopic1

First recorded in 1670–80; microscope + -ic
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But even if the hope goes, that microscopic inkling — the one that convinces us even fiction might have some truth to it — lingers.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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