ultramicroscopic
Britishadjective
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too small to be seen with an optical microscope
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of or relating to an ultramicroscope
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Its predictions are stunningly accurate, and its power to grasp the unseen ultramicroscopic world has brought us modern marvels.
From New York Times • May 8, 2018
Blumberg found the cause to be an ultramicroscopic viruslike particle.
From Time Magazine Archive
It probably belongs therefore to the class of ultramicroscopic organisms called filterable viri.
From Time Magazine Archive
Felix d'Herelle thinks the bacteriophage is an ultramicroscopic living organism which is parasitic in bacteria and reproduces itself.
From Time Magazine Archive
In this way as well as by the inoculation of animals the presence of the ultramicroscopic kinds may be demonstrated.
From Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases by Doane, Rennie Wilbur
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