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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.]
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. Specifically, visible only by the aid of a microscope; as, a microscopic insect; also used figuratively; as, a microscopic advantage. [1913 Webster +PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
microscopic
adjective
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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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