Dictionary entry

Microscopic

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Mi′cro‐scop″ic (?), 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.