Microscopic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Microscopic \Mi`cro*scop"ic\, Microscopical \Mi`cro*scop"ic*al\,
     a. [Cf. F. microscopique.]
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     1. Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made
        with a microscope; as, microscopic observation.
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     2. Able to see extremely minute objects.
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              Why has not man a microscopic eye?    --Pope.
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     3. Very small. Specifically, visible only by the aid of a
        microscope; as, a microscopic insect; also used
        figuratively; as, a microscopic advantage.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "microscopic":
     3-D, atomic, close, constant, corpuscular, delicate, direct,
     embryonic, evanescent, even, exact, express, faithful, fine,
     germinal, granular, impalpable, imperceptible, imponderable,
     inappreciable, indiscernible, inerrable, inerrant, infallible,
     infinitesimal, intangible, invisible, mathematical, microcosmic,
     micrometrically precise, molecular, nice, pinpoint, precise,
     refined, religious, religiously exact, rigid, rigorous, scientific,
     scientifically exact, severe, square, stereoscopic, strict,
     subatomic, subtle, telescopic, tenuous, thin, three-dimensional,
     ultramicroscopic, undeviating, unerring, unseeable