Definition of submicroscopic in English:
submicroscopic
adjective ˌsʌbmʌɪkrəˈskɒpɪkˌsəbmaɪkrəˈskɑpɪk
Too small to be seen by an ordinary light microscope.
Example sentencesExamples
- Genes are submicroscopic segments of DNA and cannot be detected by chromosome analysis.
- And it goes completely to pieces on the really submicroscopic scale, when the colors of quantum mechanics start to seep through into the picture, but that's another story.
- Needless to say, the printer's font would have to be submicroscopic, and the story would be illegible except under a scanning electron microscope.
- The macroscopic table and the submicroscopic table are the same table; what differs is our viewpoint, our scale and level of reference when we consider the table.
- In many cases, however, this exchange is on the microscopic or submicroscopic level.
Definition of submicroscopic in US English:
submicroscopic
adjectiveˌsəbmīkrəˈskäpikˌsəbmaɪkrəˈskɑpɪk
Too small to be seen by an ordinary light microscope.
Example sentencesExamples
- And it goes completely to pieces on the really submicroscopic scale, when the colors of quantum mechanics start to seep through into the picture, but that's another story.
- Genes are submicroscopic segments of DNA and cannot be detected by chromosome analysis.
- In many cases, however, this exchange is on the microscopic or submicroscopic level.
- Needless to say, the printer's font would have to be submicroscopic, and the story would be illegible except under a scanning electron microscope.
- The macroscopic table and the submicroscopic table are the same table; what differs is our viewpoint, our scale and level of reference when we consider the table.