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submicroscopic

[ suhb-mahy-kruh-skop-ik ]

adjective

  1. too small to be seen through a microscope.


submicroscopic

/ ˌsʌbmaɪkrəˈskɒpɪk /

adjective

  1. too small to be seen through an optical microscope
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌsubmicroˈscopically, adverb
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Other Words From

  • submi·cro·scopi·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

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Example Sentences

Very few, if any, higher life forms existed that did not have some sort of submicroscopic parasite afflicting them.

In any case, a microscope would have done Brown little good in trying to detect the submicroscopic beings of the Rell.

These colloid substances have a submicroscopic or micellian structure; they are web-like, porous and absorb water eagerly.

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