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microscopic

adj
/ˌmaɪ.kɹəˈskɒp.ɪk/UK/ˌmaɪ.kɹəˈskɑ.pɪk/US/ˌmaɪ.kɹəˈskɒp.ɪk/CA/ˌmɑe.kɹəˈskɔp.ɪk/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō) Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin mīcroscopiumlbor. Italian microscopiobor. English microscope Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English microscopic From microscope + -ic.

  1. derived from μικρός
  2. borrowed from microscopio
  3. borrowed from microscopium
  4. formed as microscopic — “microscope + -ic”

Definitions

  1. Of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy

    Of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal

    • We supply all microscopic stains and other materials.

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

    • The water was full of microscopic organisms.

  3. Very small

    Very small; minute

    • Compared to the galaxy, we are microscopic in scale.
    • By wholesale omission of connections and by the use of a microscopic scale of photographic reproduction which makes some of the most important tables difficult to read, the size has been cut down from last winter's 580 to 520 pages only.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Carried out with great attention to detail.

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

    2. Able to see extremely minute objects.

      • Why has not man a microscopic eye?

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Derived

amicroscopic, biomicroscopic, copromicroscopic, cryomicroscopic, electromicroscopic, endomicroscopic, fluoromicroscopic, immunomicroscopic, intravital microscopic, micromorph, micromorphic, microscopical, microscopically, nonmicroscopic, otomicroscopic, photomicroscopic, quasimicroscopic, spectromicroscopic, stereomicroscopic, submicroscopic, supermicroscopic, ultramicroscopic, unmicroscopic, videomicroscopic

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA