Meaning & use
Submicroscopic
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Too small to be seen with an ordinary optical microscope.
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Viruses are submicroscopic particles that can only be observed with an electron microscope.
The material's submicroscopic pores give it unusual filtering properties.
A note on using this word
Submicroscopic objects, such as most viruses and molecules, require specialized tools like electron microscopes rather than standard light microscopes to observe.
Words with a similar meaning
ultramicroscopicinvisible to the naked eye
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Words with an opposite meaning
macroscopic
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