microscopique — meaning in English

English meaning

• atomic adjective Relating to atoms.
• microscopic adjective So small it can only be seen using a microscope.
• Norse adjective Relating to Norway or, more broadly, to Scandinavia, its people, and its languages.

Senses

microscopique is used for these senses in English:

• Norse (US, _, printing, rare, dated) A size of type between Saxon and excelsior, 2+1⁄2-point type.
• atomic Infinitesimally small.

atomic — full definition

1. adjective Relating to atoms.
2. adjective Relating to nuclear energy or nuclear weapons.
3. adjective So small or basic that it cannot be broken down any further.

microscopic — full definition

1. adjective So small it can only be seen using a microscope.
2. adjective Extremely small in general; tiny.

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