microscopic
adjective
so small as to be invisible or indistinct without the use of the microscope.
microscopically
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a word derived from
microscopic.
Example Sentences
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In 2023, they succeeded in placing a single microscopically controlled atom at the centre of the array to create a “quantum switch” that can be used to control whether the atoms are transparent or reflective.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2024
This enabled scientists to obtain important information about the structure of microscopically small particles and show that they are of biological origin.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024
Olsen: The show became so immensely popular and especially in this last season, like every episode was just sort of dissected and examined so microscopically.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
The team demonstrated the technique in a self-realigning pressure sensor and a soft robot whose components were roughly assembled magnetically and then microscopically aligned by heating.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 26, 2023
In mid-1951 he developed a radically new design based on placing microscopically thin wires just behind the tube’s glass viewing surface.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
