microscopic
so small as to be invisible or indistinct without the use of the microscope: microscopic organisms.: Compare macroscopic.
very small; tiny.
of, relating to, or involving a microscope: microscopic investigation.
very detailed; meticulous: a microscopic view of society.
suggestive of the precise use of the microscope; minute: microscopic exactness.
Origin of microscopic
1- Also mi·cro·scop·i·cal .
Other words from microscopic
- mi·cro·scop·i·cal·ly, adverb
- non·mi·cro·scop·ic, adjective
- non·mi·cro·scop·i·cal, adjective
- non·mi·cro·scop·i·cal·ly, adverb
- un·mi·cro·scop·ic, adjective
- un·mi·cro·scop·i·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use microscopic in a sentence
According to Candela and his colleagues, their results suggest that the microscopic population of our guts may have been with us since at least 500,000 years ago, in the era of our species’ last common ancestor with Neanderthals.
Oldest DNA from poop contains a Neanderthal’s microbiome | Kiona N. Smith | February 8, 2021 | Ars TechnicaThe team compared microscopic damage on the Tabun stone to that produced in experiments with nine similar stones collected near the cave site.
The oldest known abrading tool was used around 350,000 years ago | Bruce Bower | January 21, 2021 | Science NewsA push to moving from a scale of 14-nanometers to 10-nanometers, microscopic spacing that would allow for billions more transistors per chip, was already several years late when Swan took over.
Before uploading new code to your site, run it through a tool to minify it and remove all of that excess cruft that has a microscopic-yet-tangible effect on page loading.
Core Web Vitals report: 28 Ways to supercharge your site | James Parsons | January 13, 2021 | Search Engine WatchThe ingredients in the two vaccines differ slightly, as well as the microscopic packaging in which the mRNA sequences come.
Other methane is exhaled by microscopic organisms directly, as in the human gut.
After all, not every county medical examiner can spot CTE on microscopic slides.
Will the NCAA Let Ohio State’s Kosta Karageorge Die in Vain? | Robert Silverman | December 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUnlike influenza, it is incapable of traveling through tiny microscopic particles.
The occupied land is small, virtually microscopic in comparison to the St. Louis metropolitan area.
But there is another curiosity about the microscopic attention that is paid to civilian casualties.
U.S. Drone Program Needs to Be Accompanied by Hard Facts on Civilian Deaths | Daniel Klaidman | November 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThey are easily seen with the one-sixth objective in the routine microscopic examination.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThis effectually closes any microscopic blow-hole that may exist in the metal.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerEven slight familiarity with the microscopic structure of vegetable tissue will prevent the chagrin of such errors.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThe clinical picture is hence more significant than the microscopic findings.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Toddmicroscopic examination reveals that there is a faint keel on the dorsal surface of the tip.
Genera and Subgenera of Chipmunks | John A. White
British Dictionary definitions for microscopic
less commonly microscopical
/ (ˌmaɪkrəˈskɒpɪk) /
not large enough to be seen with the naked eye but visible under a microscope: Compare macroscopic
very small; minute
of, concerned with, or using a microscope
characterized by or done with great attention to detail
Derived forms of microscopic
- microscopically, adverb
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