Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Too small to be seen by the unaided eye but large enough to be studied under a microscope.
- adj. Of, relating to, or concerned with a microscope.
- adj. Exceedingly small; minute: "The activities of men . . . were reduced to a microscopic scale” ( John Hersey).
- adj. Characterized by or done with extreme attention to detail: a microscopic investigation.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to a microscope, or having its character or function; adapted to the purposes of a microscope, or to the inspection of minute objects: as, a microscopic lens, eyepiece, or stand; microscopic sight or vision.
- Of minute size; so small as to be invisible or indistinct to the naked eye; adapted to or prepared for examination by the miscroseope: as, microscopic creatures or particles; a microscopic object.
- Made or effected by or as if by the aid of a microscope; hence, relating to things of minute size or significance; infinitesimal; petty: as, microscopic observations or investigations; microscopic criticism.
- Characteristic of the microscope or its use : as, to observe anything with microscopic minuteness; microscopic definition of an object.
- Employing or working with a microscope, or as if with a microscope.
- Also microscopical.
Wiktionary
- adj. of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal
- adj. so small that it can only be seen using a microscope
- adj. very small; minute
- adj. carried out with great attention to detail
- adj. Able to see extremely minute objects.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made with a microscope.
- adj. Able to see extremely minute objects.
- adj. Very small. visible only by the aid of a microscope; ; also used figuratively.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. extremely precise with great attention to details
- adj. of or relating to or used in microscopy
- adj. visible under a microscope; using a microscope
- adj. so small as to be invisible without a microscope
Examples
“In the animal kingdom (and this knowledge is also the result of Ehrenberg's discoveries), the form which we term microscopic occupy the largest space, in consequence of their rapid propagation.”
COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1
“By then Marx had already retreated into what he called the "microscopic world" of grandchildren and family life.”
“Mr Roberts told jurors the prosecution case against his client had an "Achilles heel", which he described as a "microscopic viewpoint" and "tunnel vision" about forensic evidence.”
“The rise has caused marine life changes, increases in microscopic animals and plants.”
“- Sometimes change happens in microscopic increments, and often goes undetected by the human eye.”
“And, I have never had the desire to delve in microscopic depth into the chemistry of wine.”
“Wired Science rounds up the winners of the past 35 years 'worth of Nikon prizes for excellence in microscopic photography.”
“With a few exceptions, anhydrobiosis is normally seen in microscopic animals.”
“Baxter's signature use of hard science on the canvas of scales both grand and microscopic is also present.”
“The increase in microscopic precision could be a potential breakthrough for crime labs around the country.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘microscopic’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
silicon, silica, shrimp, shelve, shallot, serine, seedling, septic, secretin, seaweed, screening, Scomber and 1171 more...
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Mirrored Vowels
Rules:
• The word must have an even number of vowels.
• There must be four or more vowels; thus, at minimum, an A-A-A-A or A-B-B-A pattern.
• The vowels must appear in a mir...feminine, solicitor, caruncular, repackager, semiprimes, fetishises, decomposer, demonlover, recomposer, sepultures, lipotropic, colesterol and 385 more...
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AGRI - apiculture
acacia, alfalfa, Arbutus unedo, ash content, baker's honey, Banksia menziesii, bee plant, Bell heather, blackberry honey, blend of honeys, blossom honey, borage and 183 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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cblucy's list
Words I love and hate. You figure it out.
panty, cudgel, patina, pantaloon, curmudgeon, shekel, fructose, speculum, microscopic, iris, pallet, tubing and 1 more...
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Small stuff
Adjectives that describe small objects.
small, tiny, diminutive, little, dinky, itsy-bitsy, itty-bitty, teeny, bitsy, bitty, bantam, teensy and 23 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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-scope, -scopic, scopo-, -scopy
sight; observation; examination
telescope, microscope, scopophilia, bioscopy, telescopic, microscopic, gyroscope, pyroscope
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small words
shrimp, tiny, little, insignificant, miniscule, itty bitty, immeasureable, quark, atom, particle, electron, fraction and 19 more...
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