Meanings
adjectiveultramicroscopic (comparative more ultramicroscopic, superlative most ultramicroscopic)
comparative more ultramicroscopic · superlative most ultramicroscopic
- Too small to be seen with an ordinary microscope.
- not comparableOf or relating to ultramicroscopy.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Latinūls
- Latinultrā
- Englishultra-
- 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
- Englishultramicroscopic
From ultra- + microscopic.
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ultramicroscopic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ultramicroscopic
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