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microscopic (less commonly), microscopical not large enough to be seen with the naked eye but visible under a microscope microscopic [¦mī·krə¦skäp·ik] (optics) (science and technology) Of extremely small size. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Physicists distinguish between macroscopic and microscopic equations: the former determine the visible movements of bodies of ordinary size, the latter the minute occurrences in the smallest parts. As the inimical plant could only be present in very microscopic dimensions to have escaped ordinary observation, to find it seemed rather a hopeless attempt in the stretch of rich grass before them. The only motion in the air was that of the dripping, microscopic particles of drizzling mist. |
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