Microscopic
WordNet
adjective
(1) Infinitely or immeasurably small
"Two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"
"Reduced to a microscopic scale"
(2) Too small to be seen except under a microscope
(3) Extremely precise with great attention to details
"Examined it with microscopic care"
(4) Of or relating to or used in microscopy
"Microscopic analysis"
"Microscopical examination"
WiktionaryText
Adjective
- of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal
- We supply all microscopic stains and other materials.
- so small that it can only be seen using a microscope
- The water was full of microscopic organisms.
- very small; minute
- Compared to the galaxy, we are microscopic in scale.
- carried out with great attention to detail
- The police carried out a microscopic search of the crime scene.