6 sentences with 'microscopic'
Example sentences and phrases with the word microscopic and other words derived from it.
• « The cell is each of the generally microscopic elements, made up of protoplasm and endowed with its own life, which, according to cell theory, are the morphological and physiological units that make up the bodies of plants and animals. »
• « A virus is a microscopic infectious agent one hundredth the size of the smallest bacterium. Viruses cause disorders ranging from colds to rabies. »
• « Beginning with practical experiments on the process of fermentation in 1854, Pasteur built on his ideas and demonstrated that diseases were caused by microscopic organisms. »
• « Two pubic hairs found on Wanda McCoy's body had the same colour, diameter and microscopic characteristics as Coleman's (DNA testing did not yet exist at that time). »
• « An infinite number of microscopic beings populate the surface of the oceans, fluctuating with the waves and being transported by ocean currents. These transparent creatures form the plankton, the fundamental food of many fish and the sustainer of the aquatic ecosystem. »
• « Only visible when the Sun shines just behind Jupiter is its ring, which, composed of microscopic dust, envelops the planet like a huge smoke ring. »