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microscopic
[ mahy-kruh-skop-ik ]
adjective
- so small as to be invisible or indistinct without the use of the microscope: Compare macroscopic.
microscopic organisms.
- very small; tiny.
- of, relating to, or involving a microscope:
microscopic investigation.
- very detailed; meticulous:
a microscopic view of society.
- suggestive of the precise use of the microscope; minute:
microscopic exactness.
microscopic
/ ˌɪəˈɒɪ /
adjective
- not large enough to be seen with the naked eye but visible under a microscope Compare macroscopic
- very small; minute
- of, concerned with, or using a microscope
- characterized by or done with great attention to detail
Derived Forms
- ˌˈDZ辱, adverb
Other Word Forms
- c·DZi·· adverb
- ԴDzm··DZi adjective
- ԴDzm··DZi· adjective
- ԴDzm··DZi··ly adverb
- ܲm··DZi adjective
- ܲm··DZi·· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of microscopic1
Example Sentences
The host of life on ice includes bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, even microscopic animals like nematodes, some dead and some alive in suspended animation.
Organisms that can survive in this suspended, or anabiotic, state, Yarzábal explained, include not just extremophile bacteria but also viruses, fungi, protozoa and microscopic animals called nematodes.
Initially, these microscopic specks look like little more than space dust floating around the ether until they form almost human shapes.
White granulated sugar is composed of microscopic, crystalline sucrose molecules.
Before a microscopic killer shut down offices in the real world, the concept of a work-life balance had already been unmasked.
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