1 [usuallybeforenoun] extremely small and difficult or impossible to see without a microscope:
a microscopic creature / particle * (humorous) The sandwiches were microscopic!
2 [onlybeforenoun] using a microscope:
a microscopic analysis / examination
microscopically adverb:
microscopically small creatures * All samples are examined microscopically.
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