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adj
Of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal
We supply all microscopic stains and other materials.
So small that it can only be seen with the aid of a microscope.
The water was full of microscopic organisms.
Very small; minute
Compared to the galaxy, we are microscopic in scale.
By wholesale omission of connections and by the use of a microscopic scale of photographic reproduction which makes some of the most important tables difficult to read, the size has been cut down from last winter's 580 to 520 pages only.
Carried out with great attention to detail.
The police carried out a microscopic search of the crime scene.
Able to see extremely minute objects.
Why has not man a microscopic eye?