microscopic: Meaning and Definition of
mi•cro•scop•ic
Pronunciation: (mī"kru-skop'ik), [key]
— adj.
- so small as to be invisible or indistinct without the use of the microscope:Cf. microscopic organisms.
- very small; tiny.
- of, pertaining 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.
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