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microscopic |
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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