Definitions for: Microscopic

[adj] infinitely or immeasurably small; "two minute whiplike threads of protoplasm"; "reduced to a microscopic scale"
[adj] too small to be seen except under a microscope
[adj] extremely precise with great attention to details; "examined it with microscopic care"
[adj] of or relating to or used in microscopy; "microscopic analysis"; "microscopical examination"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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; visible only by the aid of a microscope; as, a
microscopic insect.

Synonyms: atomic, atomlike, infinitesimal, little, microscopical, microscopical, minute, precise, small, subatomic, subgross

Antonyms: large, macroscopic, macroscopical

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