Meaning

5 senses
  1. Of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal

    We supply all microscopic stains and other materials.

    мікроскопі́чнийmikroskopíčnyj

    of or relating to or used in microscopy

  2. So small that it can only be seen with the aid of a microscope.

    The water was full of microscopic organisms.

    mikroskopisch

    микроскопи́ческийmikroskopíčeskij

    мікроскопі́чнийmikroskopíčnyj

    so small as to be invisible without a microscope

  3. Very small; minute

    Compared to the galaxy, we are microscopic in scale.

    mikroskopisch

    мікроскопі́чнийmikroskopíčnyj

  4. (figuratively)Carried out with great attention to detail.

    The police carried out a microscopic search of the crime scene.

    extremely precise with great attention to details

  5. Able to see extremely minute objects.

Examples

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  1. The water is green with microscopic plankton.

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  2. Dan performed a microscopic examination of the hair.

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  3. This new state could in principle be any microscopic state.

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  4. Microplastics are microscopic particles of plastic debris that pollute the oceans.

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  5. The author's verbiage produced a document of mammoth size and microscopic import.

    ruМногословие автора произвело документ гигантского размера и микроскопической значимости.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
relating to microscopes:
Русский
By meaning 1
so small that it can only be seen using a microscope:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
so small that it can only be seen using a microscope:
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