different between macroscopical vs microscopical

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macroscopical (not comparable)

From microscope +? -ical. Compare microscopic.

microscopical (comparative more microscopical, superlative most microscopical)

Pertaining to the microscope; achieved by means of a microscope. [from 17th c.]
(now rare) Only visible by means of a microscope; very small, microscopic. [from 17th c.]
- 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, XVIII:
  I have observed in green Wood all those long Microscopical pores which appear in Charcoal perfectly empty of any thing but Air.

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