microscopic

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.

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

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microscopic

Observable only with the aid of a microscope.

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Pertaining to a microscope or to microscopy.

IN BRIEF: So tiny that it cannot be seen with the naked eye.

Even though it caused great harm, the organism was microscopic in size.

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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