microscopical

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adjective

Pertaining to the microscope; achieved by means of a microscope.

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OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English microscope ← Italian microscopio →
UncommonFirst used 17th c.Scrabble 23
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Meanings

adjectivemicroscopical (comparative more microscopical, superlative most microscopical)

comparative more microscopical · superlative most microscopical

  1. Pertaining to the microscope; achieved by means of a microscope.First known use 17th c.
  2. archaicOnly visible by means of a microscope; very small, microscopic.First known use 17th c.

    I have observed in green Wood all those long Microscopical pores which appear in Charcoal perfectly empty of any thing but Air.

    1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XVIII

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveof or relating to or used in microscopy

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microscopic

adjectivevisible under a microscope; using a microscope

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microscopicvisibleseeable

adjectiveso small as to be invisible without a microscope

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microscopicsmalllittle
Also see
microscopic

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
  5. Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
  6. Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
  7. Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
  8. Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
  9. Latinmīcroscopium
  10. Italianmicroscopio
  11. Englishmicroscope
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Englishmicroscopical

From microscope + -ical. Compare microscopic.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with microscopical

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APA

microscopical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microscopical

MLA

“microscopical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microscopical. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microscopical,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microscopical.

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