[mahy-kruh-skop-ik] 
| 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. |
| mi·cro·scop·ic (mī'krə-skŏp'ĭk) adj.
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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.
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