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microscopical

American  
[mahy-kruh-skahp-ik-uhl] / ˌmaɪ krəˈskɑp ɪk əl /

adjective

  1. involving or relating to microscopes or their use, especially for study or research.


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Day by day, these “atoms” grew and began to cling together until they became, in a couple of weeks, “the true microscopical Animals so often observed by Naturalists.”

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2016

“My Phial swarmed with Life,” he later wrote, “and microscopical Animals of most Dimensions, from some of the largest, to some of the least.”

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2016

The most famous of the microscopical discoveries reported by Hooke in his masterpiece was the ‘cellular’ structure of slices of cork viewed under the microscope.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin

Stands A, I, Ia, Ib, II, IIa, IIb and III are those which are best suited to fine microscopical investigations.

From Microscopes and Accessory Apparatus Catalogue No. 40 by Leitz, Ernst

It is often sufficiently characteristic to be recognized without a microscopical examination of the secretions.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various

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