Meanings
adjectivesupermicroscopic (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or relating to supermicroscopy.
- not comparableSmaller than microscopic.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Italic*super
- Latinsuper
- Latinsuper-
- Englishsuper-
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
- Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
- Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
- Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
- Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
- Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
- Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
- Latinmīcroscopium
- Italianmicroscopio
- Englishmicroscope
- Englishmicroscopic
- Englishsupermicroscopic
From super- + microscopic.
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supermicroscopic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supermicroscopic
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“supermicroscopic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supermicroscopic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “supermicroscopic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/supermicroscopic.
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