microscopic
adjective
mi·cro·scop·ic
ˌmī-krə-ˈskä-pik 
variants
or less commonly microscopical
1
: resembling a microscope especially in perception
2
a
: invisible or indistinguishable without the use of a microscope
b
: very small or fine or precise
3
: of, relating to, or conducted with the microscope or microscopy
Synonyms
Examples of microscopic in a Sentence
At this point, the embryo is a microscopic clump of only 100 cells.
There is a microscopic crack in the diamond.
He has a microscopic attention span.
He recorded every aspect of his trip in microscopic detail.
a microscopic study of plant tissues
Recent Examples on the Web
But there was just an examination of it that was so microscopic, and a set of standards that were so outlandish.
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Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 9 July 2024
The artist loves to play with scale, embedding a wealth of microscopic details into her large-scale installations.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 3 July 2024
When washed into the ocean, what’s left of the plastic detritus will break into microscopic particles that leach heavy metals and toxic chemicals into the marine environment, slowly poisoning the fish that residents reel in for their evening meals.
—By Aryn Baker/lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024
Most people with kidney stones—what's known as nephrolithiasis—have gross or microscopic hematuria.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 1 July 2024
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Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 9 July 2024
The artist loves to play with scale, embedding a wealth of microscopic details into her large-scale installations.
—Joelle Diderich, WWD, 3 July 2024
When washed into the ocean, what’s left of the plastic detritus will break into microscopic particles that leach heavy metals and toxic chemicals into the marine environment, slowly poisoning the fish that residents reel in for their evening meals.
—By Aryn Baker/lautoka, Fiji , TIME, 3 July 2024
Most people with kidney stones—what's known as nephrolithiasis—have gross or microscopic hematuria.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 1 July 2024
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microscopic
adjective
mi·cro·scop·ic
ˌmī-krə-ˈskäp-ik
variants
also microscopical
1
: of, relating to, or conducted with the microscope or microscopy
a microscopic examination
2
: resembling a microscope : able to see very tiny objects
some insects have microscopic vision
3
: able to be seen only through a microscope : very small
a microscopic plant
Medical Definition
microscopic
adjective
mi·cro·scop·ic
ˌmī-krə-ˈskäp-ik
variants
or microscopical
1
: of, relating to, or conducted with the microscope or microscopy
2
: so small or fine as to be invisible or indistinguishable without the use of a microscope compare macroscopic, submicroscopic, ultramicroscopic sense 1
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