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mi·cro·scop·ic

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–adjective

1.	so small as to be invisible or indistinct without the use of the microscope: microscopic organisms. Compare macroscopic.

2.	very small; tiny.

3.	of, pertaining 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.

Also, mi·cro·scop·i·cal.

[Origin: 1670–80; microscope + -ic

]

—Related forms

mi·cro·scop·i·cal·ly, adverb

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mi·cro·scop·ic Audio Help (mī'krə-skŏp'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
adj.

1. Too small to be seen by the unaided eye but large enough to be studied under a microscope.
2. Of, relating to, or concerned with a microscope.
Exceedingly small; minute: "The activities of men . . . were reduced to a microscopic scale" (John Hersey).
Characterized by or done with extreme attention to detail: a microscopic investigation.

mi'cro·scop'i·cal·ly adv.

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microscopic
adjective
1.	of or relating to or used in microscopy; "microscopic analysis"; "microscopical examination"
2.	visible under a microscope; using a microscope
3.	extremely precise with great attention to details; "examined it with microscopic care"
4.	so small as to be invisible without a microscope; "differences were microscopic"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ˌmicroˈscopic [-ˈsko-] adjective

seen only by the aid of a microscope
Example: microscopic bacteria

Arabic:	مِكْروسكوبي: مِجْهَري
Chinese (Simplified):	极微小的
Chinese (Traditional):	極微小的
Czech:	mikroskopický
Danish:	mikroskopisk
Dutch:	microscopisch
Estonian:	mikroskoopiline
Finnish:	mikroskooppinen
French:	microscopique
German:	mikroskopisch klein
Greek:	μικροσκοπικός
Hungarian:	mikroszkopikus
Icelandic:	smásær, örsmár; smásjár-
Indonesian:	renik
Italian:	microscopico

Japanese:	顕微鏡的な
Korean:	극미(極微)한
Latvian:	mikroskopisks
Lithuanian:	mikroskopinis, mikroskopiškas
Norwegian:	mikroskopisk, bittelite
Polish:	mikroskopijny
Portuguese (Brazil):	microscópico
Portuguese (Portugal):	microscópico
Romanian:	microscopic
Russian:	микроскопический
Slovak:	mikroskopický
Slovenian:	mikroskopski
Spanish:	microscópico
Swedish:	mikroskopisk
Turkish:	mikroskobik

See also: microscope, "microscopic" in any language

American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

microscopic mi·cro·scop·ic (mī'krə-skŏp'ĭk) or mi·cro·scop·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)
adj.

Too small to be seen by the unaided eye but large enough to be studied under a microscope.
Of, relating to, or concerned with a microscope.
Being or characterized as exceedingly small; minute.

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: mi·cro·scop·ic
Pronunciation: "mI-kr&-'skäp-ik
Variant: or mi·cro·scop·i·cal /-i-k&l/
Function: adjective
1 : of, relating to, or conducted with the microscope or microscopy
2 : so small or fine as to beinvisible or indistinguishable without the use of a microscope —compare MACROSCOPIC, SUBMICROSCOPIC, ULTRAMICROSCOPIC 1 —mi·cro·scopi·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

microscopic

Mac`ro*scop"ic\, Macroscopical \Mac`ro*scop"ic*al\, a. [Macro- + Gr. ? to view.] Visible to the unassisted eye; -- as opposed to microscopic. -- Mac`ro*scop"ic*al*ly, adv.

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