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- microscopic (adj.) 1732, "like a microscope;" see MICROSCOPE (Cf. microscope) + -IC (Cf. -ic). Meaning "of minute size" is from 1760s. Related: Microscopical; microscopically.
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microscopic — MICROSCÓPIC, Ă, microscopici, ce, adj. l. Care nu se poate vedea sau cerceta decât cu miscroscopul. 2. Care aparţine microscopului, privitor la microscop. 3. fig. Foarte mic, minuscul; p. ext. fără valoare, neînsemnat. – Din fr. microscopique.… … Dicționar Român
Microscopic — is a term used to describe objects smaller than those that can easily be seen by the naked eye and which require a lens or microscope to see them clearly. By convention it is also used to describe classes of objects which are most commonly too… … Wikipedia
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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Microscopic (EP) — Microscopic EP by Download Released January 9, 1996 Recorded May 1995 July 1995 … Wikipedia
Microscopic — Microscopic. См. Микроскопический. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) … Словарь металлургических терминов
microscopic — index impalpable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
microscopic — minute, *small, little, diminutive, miniature, petite, wee, tiny, teeny, weeny … New Dictionary of Synonyms
microscopic — [adj] tiny, almost undetectable atomic, diminutive, imperceptible, infinitesimal, invisible, little, minuscule, minute, negligible, teeny*, wee*; concepts 773,789 Ant. big, huge, large, macroscopic … New thesaurus
microscopic — ► ADJECTIVE 1) so small as to be visible only with a microscope. 2) informal very small. 3) relating to a microscope. DERIVATIVES microscopically adverb … English terms dictionary
microscopic — [mī΄krə skäp′ik] adj. 1. so small as to be invisible or obscure except through a microscope; extremely small; minute 2. of, with, or as if with a microscope 3. like or suggestive of a microscope; searching; minutely observing: Also microscopical… … English World dictionary
