Used with adjective complement

• look: A Viet Nam village looks microscopic from 30,000 feet.

Modifies a noun

• algae: Dead, microscopic algae will clump together into particles large enough to be removed by filtration.

• polyangiitis: Such patients are now termed as having microscopic polyangiitis.

• haematuria: Otherwise a urethral catheter should be inserted, and the presence of any obvious or microscopic haematuria sought.

• organism: Sites of interest can range from buried cities to microscopic marine organisms.

• droplet: The bacteria that cause the disease are inhaled in the form of microscopic droplets that come from a person with tuberculosis.

• plankton: Using the latest photographic technology, these images capture in close up microscopic plankton living deep beneath the sea.

Modifying Another Word

• almost: His work shows an almost microscopic evaluation of surface.

• even: However, the vast majority of environmental data is very small - even microscopic.

• only: The true leaves are only microscopic scales of a brown, papery texture.

• not: Quadrant III Quadrant III gives a macroscopic, not microscopic view, in other words a ' bird's-eye-view ' .

• usually: Spores are usually microscopic, and are produced in a variety of ways.

• initially: Initially microscopic organisms feed on the more succulent ingredients in the pile.

Preposition: in

• size: Eggs are whitish or colorless and microscopic in size, with food particles adhering to the sticky surface.