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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. of or relating to or used in microscopy;
- Example: "microscopic analysis"
- Example: "microscopical examination"
[syn: microscopic, microscopical]

2. visible under a microscope; using a microscope;
[syn: microscopic, microscopical]

3. extremely precise with great attention to details;
- Example: "examined it with microscopic care"

4. so small as to be invisible without a microscope;
- Example: "differences were microscopic"
[syn: microscopic, microscopical]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Microscopic \Mi`cro*scop"ic\, Microscopical \Mi`cro*scop"ic*al\, a. [Cf. F. microscopique.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made with a microscope; as, microscopic observation. [1913 Webster] 2. Able to see extremely minute objects. [1913 Webster] Why has not man a microscopic eye? --Pope. [1913 Webster] 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

microscopic adj 1: of or relating to or used in microscopy; "microscopic analysis"; "microscopical examination" [syn: microscopic, microscopical] 2: visible under a microscope; using a microscope [syn: microscopic, microscopical] 3: extremely precise with great attention to details; "examined it with microscopic care" 4: so small as to be invisible without a microscope; "differences were microscopic" [syn: microscopic, microscopical]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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