microscopic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   so small as to be invisible without a microscope

   differences were microscopic

2. 2
   adj

   extremely precise with great attention to details

   examined it with microscopic care

3. 3
   adj

   of or relating to or used in microscopy

   microscopic analysis

4. 4
   adj

   Of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal

   We supply all microscopic stains and other materials.

5. 5
   adj

   So small that it can only be seen with the aid of a microscope.

   The water was full of microscopic organisms.

6. 6
   adj

   Very small; minute

   Compared to the galaxy, we are microscopic in scale.

7. 7
   adj

   Carried out with great attention to detail.

   The police carried out a microscopic search of the crime scene.

8. 8
   adj

   Able to see extremely minute objects.

   Why has not man a microscopic eye?

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō)…