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MICROSCOPIC

\mˌa͡ɪkɹəskˈɒpɪk], \mˌa‍ɪkɹəskˈɒpɪk], \m_ˌaɪ_k_ɹ_ə_s_k_ˈɒ_p_ɪ_k]\

Definitions of MICROSCOPIC

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Pertaining to, or seen by, a magnifying glass; very small.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Of minute size, visible only with the aid of the microscope.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

MICROSCOPY.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

MICROSCOPY.
Pertaining to the microscope; visible only through the microscope; exceedingly minute. microscopical.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Pertaining to the microscope; visible only by a microscope.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Very small; visible only by the aid of a microscope.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Pertaining to, or visible only by aid of, the microscope.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Pertaining to or observed with the microscope.
Of such minute size as to be visible only through the microscope. Most writers use the two words indifferently; some use microscopic in the second sense, and microscopical in the first sense.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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