different between microscopic vs microworld

English

Etymology

micro- +? -scopic

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: 'm?kr?'sk?p?k, IPA^(key): /?ma?k???sk?p?k/
• Rhymes: -?p?k

Adjective

microscopic (comparative more microscopic, superlative most microscopic)

1. Of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal

2. So small that it can only be seen using a microscope.

3. Very small; minute
4. Carried out with great attention to detail.

5. Able to see extremely minute objects.

   • Why has not man a microscopic eye?

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:tiny

Antonyms

• macroscopic

Related terms

• microscope
• macroscopic
• telescopic

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• naked-eye

Interlingua

Adjective

microscopic (not comparable)

1. microscopic

Related terms

• microscopia
• microscopio

Romanian

Etymology

From French microscopique.

Adjective

microscopic m or n (feminine singular microscopic?, masculine plural microscopici, feminine and neuter plural microscopice)

1. microscopic

Declension

English

Etymology

From micro- +? world.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m??k???w??ld/

Noun

microworld (plural microworlds)

1. The world as it exists at a microscopic scale, subject to quantum effects etc. [from 20th c.]
   • 2011, Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw, The Quantum World, Allen Lane 2011, p. 8:

     This randomness in the behaviour of the microworld came as a shock because, until this point, science was resolutely deterministic.