Alphabetical
microscopic
[adjective]
That which cannot be seen with the unaided eye and requires a tool (such as a microscope) to view. Many scientific disciplines explore both large-scale (macroscopic) and tiny (microscopic) properties to fully understand phenomena and organisms. Contrast with macroscopic .
Appears in modules:
- Bernardo Houssay Pioneer in endocrinology
- Discovery and Structure of Cells Cell theory, prokaryotes, and eukaryotes
- Energy Metabolism I Glycolosis and the Krebs cycle
- Factors that Control Earth's Temperature Energy from the sun and greenhouse gases
- Kinetic-Molecular Theory Molecule collisions, the mean free path, and modern KMT
- Mass Extinctions Major turning points in biodiversity
- Properties of Solids The influence of crystal structure on behavior
- Scientific Notation Working with orders of magnitude
- The Founding of Neuroscience The work of Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Camillo Golgi
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