microscopic

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

1. 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.
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.

microscopically mi'cro·scop'i·cal·ly adv.

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Designating a size scale comparable to the subatomic particles, atoms, and molecules. Microscopic objects and systems are described by quantum mechanics. Compare macroscopic; mesoscopic.

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adjective

So minute as not to be discernible: imperceptible, infinitesimal. See big/small/amount.

adj

Definition: very tiny, almost undetectable
Antonyms: big, enormous, huge, large, macroscopic

Observable only with the aid of a microscope.

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IN BRIEF: To be examined with an instrument that enlarges images of very small things.

Every insect was microscopically examined to look for the rare pollen.

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1. of a size that is not visible (in detail) to the unaided eye.
2. concerned with small units.
3. relating to the behaviour of individual molecular entities.
4. or microscopical of, pertaining to, or using a microscope. Compare macroscopic.

—microscopically adv.

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Pertaining to a microscope or to microscopy.

For a list of words related to microscopic, see:

• Small, short, or thin

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See words rhyming with "microscopic."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - mikroskopisk, meget lille

Nederlands (Dutch)
microscopisch

Français (French)
adj. - microscopique, au microscope

Deutsch (German)
adj. - mikroskopisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μικροσκοπικός

Italiano (Italian)
microscopico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - microscópico

Русский (Russian)
микроскопический, тщательный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - microscópico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - mikroskopisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
用显微镜可见的, 精微的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 用顯微鏡可見的, 精微的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 현미경의, 미세한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 顕微鏡の, 顕微鏡でしか見えない, 非常に小さな, 微視的な, 顕微鏡的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مجهري‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮זעיר ביותר, מיקרוסקופי‬

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