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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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 objects.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Why has not man a microscopic eye?    --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Very small. Specifically, visible only by the aid of a
        microscope; as, a microscopic insect; also used
        figuratively; as, a microscopic advantage.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  microscopic
       adj 1: of or relating to or used in microscopy; "microscopic
              analysis"; "microscopical examination" [syn: microscopical]
       2: too small to be seen except under a microscope [syn: microscopical,
           small] [ant: macroscopic]
       3: extremely precise with great attention to details; "examined
          it with microscopic care"
       4: infinitely or immeasurably small; "two minute whiplike
          threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale"
          [syn: infinitesimal, minute]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  microscopic
     Αγγλικά a.
     μικροσκοπικός

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  microscopic
     Interlingua a.
     (l en microscopic)
     Romanian a.
     (l en microscopic)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  microscopic
     a.
     1 Of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal
     2 So small that it can only be seen using a microscope.
     3 Very small; minute

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  microscopic
     Romanian a.
     (l en microscopic)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  microscopic
     Interlingua a.
     (l en microscopic)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  microscopic
     Englanti a.
     1 mikroskooppinen
     2 mikroskooppiin liittyvä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  microscopic
     Engelska a.
     1 mikroskopisk, som avser mikroskop
     2 mikroskopisk, mycket liten

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Microscopic /mˌaɪkɹəskˈɒpɪk/
  مجهري

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  microscopic /mˌaɪkɹəskˈɒpɪk/ 
  mikroskopický

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  microscopic /mˌaɪkɹəskˈɒpɪk/
  mikroskopisch 
     Synonym: microscopical

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  microscopic //ˌmaɪkɹəˈskɑpɪk// 
  1. pikkutarkka, yksityiskohtainen
  carried out with great attention to detail
  2. mikroskooppi, mikroskooppinen
  relating to microscopes
  3. mikroskooppinen 2.
  so small that it can only be seen using a microscope
   3.
  very small

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  microscopic /mˌaɪkɹəskˈɒpɪk/ 
  1. सूक्ष्म
        "Bacteria and virus are microscopic""

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  microscopic /mˌaɪkɹəskˈɒpɪk/
  1. mikroszkopikus
  2. parányi

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]


  microscopic /ˌmaɪkrəˈskɒpɪk/ 
   1.  mikroskopowy
   2.  [nieform]  mikroskopijny
   3.  [nieform]  drobiazgowy

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]


  microscopic /mˌaɪkɹəskˈɒpɪk/ 
  microscópico

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
microscopic //ˌmaɪkɹəˈskɑpɪk// mikroskopisk 2. so small that it can only be seen using a microscope 3. very small 4. relating to microscopes
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˌmaɪkɹəˈskɑpɪk/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "microscopic": 3-D, atomic, close, constant, corpuscular, delicate, direct, embryonic, evanescent, even, exact, express, faithful, fine, germinal, granular, impalpable, imperceptible, imponderable, inappreciable, indiscernible, inerrable, inerrant, infallible, infinitesimal, intangible, invisible, mathematical, microcosmic, micrometrically precise, molecular, nice, pinpoint, precise, refined, religious, religiously exact, rigid, rigorous, scientific, scientifically exact, severe, square, stereoscopic, strict, subatomic, subtle, telescopic, tenuous, thin, three-dimensional, ultramicroscopic, undeviating, unerring, unseeable
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
a.(象)显微镜的
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 显微镜的

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