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English Dictionary: microscopic by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
microscopic
adj
  1. of or relating to or used in microscopy; "microscopic analysis"; "microscopical examination"
    Synonym(s): microscopic, microscopical
  2. visible under a microscope; using a microscope
    Synonym(s): microscopic, microscopical
  3. extremely precise with great attention to details; "examined it with microscopic care"
  4. so small as to be invisible without a microscope; "differences were microscopic"
    Synonym(s): microscopic, microscopical
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Microscopic \Mi`cro*scop"ic\, Microscopical \Mi`cro*scop"ic*al\,
      a. [Cf. F. microscopique.]
      1. Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made
            with a microscope; as, microscopic observation.
  
      2. Able to see extremely minute objects.
  
                     Why has not man a microscopic eye?      --Pope.
  
      3. Very small; visible only by the aid of a microscope; as, a
            microscopic insect.
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