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ˌsub-microˈscopic, a.
[sub- 14.]
Too small to be seen even with the aid of a microscope; also absol.
1912Chem. Abstr. VI. 1014 (heading) Methods for the recognition of submicroscopic structures. 1938S. Chase Tyranny of Words iii. 20 The submicroscopic, which we do not consciously see or feel. 1954Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 19 June 48/1 ‘Reality’ is apperceived on three levels: macroscopic, microscopic, sub-microscopic. 1978H. McLeave Borderline Case (1979) xiii. 133 A submicroscopic particle that struck and then went to earth.
Also ˌsub-microˈscopical a.; ˌsub-microˈscopically adv.
1934Amer. Jrnl. Sci. CCXXVII. 284 A regularly repeated twinning of submicroscopically small units can give rise to an apparently homogeneous crystal. 1949Jrnl. Iron & Steel Inst. CLXIII. 270/2 This heat might melt a sub-microscopically thin layer of metal. 1953C. Wakeley Med. Dict., Sub-microscopical. 1954Ann. Reg. 1953 373 The determination of the structure of molecules in the sub-microscopical genes that regulate heredity. 1961Lancet 2 Sept. 546/1 We have to continue the search for the basis of this specificity at the sub⁓microscopical level. 1976Dermatologica CLIII. 209 No submicroscopical alterations of the cytoplasm were found in the interacting cells. 1981Acta Crystallogr. A. XXXVII. 754/1 The diffraction of such submicroscopically intergrown twins is calculated for lamellae and blocks. |