{ Mi`cro*scop"ic (?), Mi`cro*scop"ic*al (?), } a. [Cf. F. microscopique.]

1. Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made with a microscope; as, microscopic observation.

2. Able to see extremely minute objects.

Why has not man a microscopic eye?

3. Very small; visible only by the aid of a microscope; as, a microscopic insect.

• of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy
       We supply all microscopic stains and other materials.
  
• so small that it can only be seen using a microscope
       The water was full of microscopic organisms.
  
• very small; minute
       Compared to the galaxy, we are microscopic in scale.
  
• carried out with great attention to detail
       The police carried out a microscopic search of the crime scene.