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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Microscopic  \Mi`cro*scop"ic\,  Microscopical  \Mi`cro*scop"ic*al\, 
  a.  [Cf.  F.  microscopique.] 
  1.  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  microscope  or  to  microscopy;  made 
  with  a  microscope;  as  microscopic  observation. 
 
  2.  Able  to  see  extremely  minute  objects. 
 
  Why  has  not  man  a  microscopic  eye?  --Pope. 
 
  3.  Very  small  visible  only  by  the  aid  of  a  microscope;  as  a 
  microscopic  insect. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  microscopic 
  adj  1:  of  or  relating  to  or  used  in  microscopy;  "microscopic 
  analysis";  "microscopical  examination"  [syn:  {microscopical}] 
  2:  too  small  to  be  seen  except  under  a  microscope  [syn:  {microscopical}, 
  {small}]  [ant:  {macroscopic}] 
  3:  extremely  precise  with  great  attention  to  details;  "examined 
  it  with  microscopic  care" 
  4:  infinitely  or  immeasurably  small  "two  minute  whiplike 
  threads  of  protoplasm";  "reduced  to  a  microscopic  scale" 
  [syn:  {infinitesimal},  {minute}] 




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