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microscopic

[mahy-kruh-skop-ik] / ˌmaɪ krəˈskɒp ɪk /


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Svetz cites camrips and microscopic theatrical windows as factors that have both hindered cinema and strengthened its unique selling points, and he’s completely right.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

Ordinary geological processes generally cannot produce these distinctive microscopic features.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

The breakthrough came from combining newly available seismic images with microscopic evidence recovered from beneath the seabed.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026

For a director whose previous two films were microscopic in comparison, shooting “Marie Antoinette” may as well have been going to the moon.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

Rather, what we know is encoded in cells called neurons— microscopic electrochemical switching elements, typically a few hundredths of a millimeter across.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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