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Definition of Microscopic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or used in microscopy. "Microscopical examination"

2. Adjective. Visible under a microscope; using a microscope.

3. Adjective. Extremely precise with great attention to details. "Examined it with microscopic care"

4. Adjective. So small as to be invisible without a microscope. "Differences were microscopic"

Definition of Microscopic

1. a. Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made with a microscope; as, microscopic observation.

Definition of Microscopic

1. Adjective. of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal ¹

2. Adjective. so small that it can only be seen using a microscope ¹

3. Adjective. very small; minute ¹

4. Adjective. carried out with great attention to detail ¹

5. Adjective. Able to see extremely minute objects. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Microscopic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Microscopic

1. 1. Of extremely small size, visible only by the aid of the microscope. 2. Pertaining or relating to a microscope or to microscopy. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Microscopic

microscaled microscales microscanning microschizonts microscintigraphy microsclerodermin microsclerodermins microscopal microscope microscope mirror

microscope slide microscope stage microscopes microscopial microscopic (current term) microscopic anatomy microscopic field microscopic haematuria microscopic section microscopic sphincter

microscopical microscopically microscopically controlled surgery microscopics microscopies microscopist microscopists microscopy microsecond

Literary usage of Microscopic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"microscopic Structure of Pitch- a curious blending of the >tone- A glassy base, with numer- ie • -_л ous feathered and needle-shaped uu- rocks are in this ..."

2. Textbook of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1882)
"This branch of inquiry has been prosecuted more particularly in Germany, but the microscopic method of analysis is now in use in every country where ..."

3. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1877)
"These drawings present highly magnified views of these microscopic objects, including those most important in economic mycology, especially the fungi ..."

4. Elements of Geology: A Text-book for Colleges and for the General Reader by Joseph LeConte (1891)
"microscopic Shells.—microscopic plants and animals are known to multiply in numbers with almost incredible rapidity. Many of them form no shell, ..."

5. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1916)
"microscopic EXAMINATION There are three methods of making a microscopic ... The microscopic examination reveals the character of the milk as judged from the ..."

6. Journal by Iron and Steel Institute (1889)
"The microscopic Examination of Iron. — Dr. Wedding § describes the method he now employs for ... The microscopic section having been produced in the rough, ..."

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