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# microscopic

«microscopic» in Mova's school dictionary: **So small that it can only be seen through a microscope** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (microscopic)

### meaning for a pupil

1) So small that it can only be seen through a microscope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscopic/#m1)

2) (informal) Very, very small. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscopic/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons it describes germs, bacteria, cells, plankton and dust mites: things too small to see with your eyes. In health lessons it explains why hands can look clean but still carry germs. Phrases: microscopic organisms, microscopic life. In everyday talk, a microscopic slice of cake is a joke for a tiny piece.

### examples

- Bacteria are microscopic living things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscopic/#x1)
- The pond water is full of microscopic creatures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscopic/#x2)
- Germs are microscopic, so wash your hands even when they look clean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscopic/#x3)
- Your body is made of microscopic cells. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscopic/#x4)
- My brother gave me a microscopic piece of chocolate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscopic/#x5)
- Under the lens, we saw microscopic hairs on the leaf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscopic/#x6)

### note

Adjective; the adverb is microscopically. Comes from microscope, the instrument. Opposite: macroscopic or visible to the naked eye.

### In the corpora

- [Most life on Earth is too small to see with our eyes, and scientists still discover thousands of new microscopic kinds every year.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/259-the-microscopic-world-tardigrades-mites-plankton-and-other-tiny-creatures/4/)
- [For billions of years, all life on Earth was microscopic.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/276-how-old-is-it-rock-layers-rock-clocks-amber-and-the-long-story-of-life/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «microscopic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscopic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.