Microscopic
Microscopic adjective - Very small in size.
Short and microscopic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short" instead an adjective "Microscopic".
Short
Short adjective - Having relatively little height.
Microscopic and short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Microscopic" instead an adjective "Short".
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- Gallun's 1937 short story "A Menace in Miniature" features human spacefarers being attacked by microscopic aliens flying microscopic machines against them.
Source: Nanomachines / Literature -
A microscopic version of this trope appears in "Surface Tension", a short story by James Blish.
Source: Fish People -
Possibly the tiniest example is the Protozoan World of the microscopic people in the short story "Surface Tension".
Source: Mouse World
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Short and Microscopic. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/microscopic/short
Microscopic & Short. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/microscopic/short>.
Short or Microscopic. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/microscopic/short.
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