Microscope Definition

mīkrə-skōp
microscopes
noun
An instrument consisting essentially of a lens or combination of lenses, for making very small objects, as microorganisms, look larger so that they can be seen and studied.
Webster's New World
An instrument, such as an electron microscope, that uses electronic or other processes to magnify objects.
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Noun

Singular:
microscope
Plural:
microscopes

Origin of Microscope

  • From New Latin microscopium, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikros, “small") + σκοπέω (skopeō, “I look at").

    From Wiktionary

  • Italian microscopio or New Latin mīcroscopium (Italian) (from New Latin) Microscopium

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Microscope Sentence Examples

  • Under the microscope the ovary is seen to be covered by a FIG.

  • In polarized light they show a weak grey colour with a black cross, the arms of which are parallel to the cobwebs in the eyepiece of the microscope and remain stationary when the section is rotated.

  • The plant can then be at any time examined under the microscope without injuring the mounted specimen.

  • The microscopes adjoining 82 read the position and declination circles; for, by an ingenious arrangement of prisms and screens, the images of both circles can be read by each single microscope as shown in fig.

  • In some solutions they are visible under a good microscope.

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