Definition for MI-CRO-SCOP'IC, or MI-CRO-SCOP'IC-AL

MI-CRO-SCOP'IC, or MI-CRO-SCOP'IC-AL, a.

  1. Made by the aid of a microscope; as, microscopic observation. Arbuthnot.
  2. Assisted by a microscope. Evading even the microscopic eye. Thomson.
  3. Resembling a microscope; capable of seeing small objects. Why has not man a microscopic eye? Pope.
  4. Very small; visible only by the aid of a microscope; as, a microscopic insect.

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