microscopic
adjective
1. of or relating to or used in microscopy
- microscopic analysis
- microscopical examination
Similar word(s): microscopical
2. visible under a microscope; using a microscope
Similar word(s): seeable, visible, microscopical
3. extremely precise with great attention to details
- examined it with microscopic care
Similar word(s): precise
4. so small as to be invisible without a microscope
- differences were microscopic
Similar word(s): little, small, microscopical
Sentences with microscopic as an adjective:
- We supply all microscopic stains and other materials.
- The water was full of microscopic organisms.
- Compared to the galaxy, we are microscopic in scale.
- The police carried out a microscopic search of the crime scene.
- Why has not man a microscopic eye? — Alexander Pope.