microscopIc, micro scop ick, microscopical

[Eng. micro scop ( e ); -ic, -ical; Fr. micro scop i que; Ital. & Sp. microscopico.] 1. Of or pertaining to a microscope; made or determined by the aid of a microscope. "So far as microscopic analysis would enable us to decide this question." -Todd & Bowman: Physiol. Anat., ii. 301. *2. Using a microscope; a isted by a microscope. *3. Resembling a microscope in the power of seeing minute objects. "Why has not man a microscopic eye?" Pope: E ay on Man, i. 193. IMG:content-1187.png:[blocks in formation] 5. Exceedingly small or minute. IMG:content-1188.png:[blocks in formation] mi-cro-scop-ic-al-ly, adv . [Eng. microscopical; -ly.] By means of a microscope; with minute investigation; in very minute size or degree.