microscopic (mikroskopik)

[ Why has not man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, man is not a fly. Pope, E ay on Man, i. 193. Such microscopic proof of skill and power As, hid from ages past, God now displays. Cowper, Tirocinium, 1. 637. The present limit to microscopic vision is simply the goodne of the objective. Amer . Jour . Sci ., 2d ser., XLVIII. 172. 2. Of minute size; so small as to be invisible or indistinct to the naked eye; adapted to or prepared for examination by the miscroscope: as, microscopic creatures or particles; a microscopic object.-3. Made or effected by or as if by the aid of a microscope; hence, relating to things of minute size or significance; infinitesimal; petty: as, microscopic observations or investigations; microscopic criticism. So far as microscopic analysis would enable us to decide this question. Todd and Bowman , Physiol. Anat., II. 301. 4. Characteristic of the microscope or its use: as, to observe anything with microscopic minutene ; microscopic definition of an object.5. Employing or working with a microscope, or as if with a microscope. The tree that has stood for centuries bears to the micro scopic investigator marks of every winter that has pa ed over it. Stubbs , Medieval and Modern Hist., p. 103. Also microscopical . Microscopic a (mi-krō-skop'i-kä), n . pl . [NL., [ neut. pl. of microscopic us : : see microscopic .] In zoöl ., microscopic animals; microzoans: applied to infusorians, rotifers, otifers, and other animalcules. microscopical (mi-krō-skop'i-kal), a . [ scopic + -al.] Same as microscopic. IMG:content-0605.jpg:[graphic] IMG:content-0606.jpg:[ocr errors] (mi-krō-skop'i-kal-i), adv . [ microscopically (mi-krō-skop' microscopical ly small. microscopical + -ly2.] In a microscopic manner or degree; by means of, or so as to require the use of, the mi microscope: as, to examine a plant microscopically; an object microscopical microscopist (mikro-skō-pist), n. [F. micro scop i ste = It. microscopist a; as microscope + -ist.] One skilled or versed in microscopy; one who makes use of the microscope. Microscopium (mi-kro-skō'pi-um), n. see microscope.] A constellation south of Capricorn, introduced by Lacaille in 1752. microscopy (mikro-skō-pi), n. [= F. micro scopie = Sp. micro scopía; as microscope + -y3. ] The act or art of using the microscope; investigation with the microscope: as, to be skilled in microscopy. [NL.: