microscopic

microscopic
also microscopical adjective Date: circa 1672 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 • microscopically adverb

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  • microscopic — MICROSCÓPIC, Ă, microscopici, ce, adj. l. Care nu se poate vedea sau cerceta decât cu miscroscopul. 2. Care aparţine microscopului, privitor la microscop. 3. fig. Foarte mic, minuscul; p. ext. fără valoare, neînsemnat. – Din fr. microscopique.… …   Dicționar Român

  • Microscopic — is a term used to describe objects smaller than those that can easily be seen by the naked eye and which require a lens or microscope to see them clearly. By convention it is also used to describe classes of objects which are most commonly too… …   Wikipedia

  • Microscopic — Mi cro*scop ic, Microscopical Mi cro*scop ic*al, a. [Cf. F. microscopique.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made with a microscope; as, microscopic observation. [1913 Webster] 2. Able to see extremely minute …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Microscopic (EP) — Microscopic EP by Download Released January 9, 1996 Recorded May 1995 July 1995 …   Wikipedia

  • Microscopic — Microscopic. См. Микроскопический. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • microscopic — index impalpable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • microscopic — (adj.) 1732, like a microscope; see MICROSCOPE (Cf. microscope) + IC (Cf. ic). Meaning of minute size is from 1760s. Related: Microscopical; microscopically …   Etymology dictionary

  • microscopic — minute, *small, little, diminutive, miniature, petite, wee, tiny, teeny, weeny …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • microscopic — [adj] tiny, almost undetectable atomic, diminutive, imperceptible, infinitesimal, invisible, little, minuscule, minute, negligible, teeny*, wee*; concepts 773,789 Ant. big, huge, large, macroscopic …   New thesaurus

  • microscopic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) so small as to be visible only with a microscope. 2) informal very small. 3) relating to a microscope. DERIVATIVES microscopically adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • microscopic — [mī΄krə skäp′ik] adj. 1. so small as to be invisible or obscure except through a microscope; extremely small; minute 2. of, with, or as if with a microscope 3. like or suggestive of a microscope; searching; minutely observing: Also microscopical… …   English World dictionary

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