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microscope
[ mahy-kruh-skohp ]
noun
- an optical instrument having a magnifying lens or a combination of lenses for inspecting objects too small to be seen or too small to be seen distinctly and in detail by the unaided eye.
- Microscope, Astronomy. the constellation Microscopium.
microscope
/ ˈɪəˌəʊ /
noun
- an optical instrument that uses a lens or combination of lenses to produce a magnified image of a small, close object. Modern optical microscopes have magnifications of about 1500 to 2000 See also simple microscope compound microscope ultramicroscope
- any instrument, such as the electron microscope, for producing a magnified visual image of a small object
microscope
- Any of various instruments used to magnify small objects that are difficult or impossible to observe the naked eye.
- ◆ Optical microscopes use light reflected from or passed through the sample being observed to form a magnified image of the object, refracting the light with an arrangement of lenses and mirrors similar to those found in telescopes.
- See also atomic force microscope
microscope
- A device that produces a magnified image of objects too small to be seen with the naked eye. Such objects are thus called “microscopic.” The microscope is widely used in medicine and biology . Common microscopes use lenses; others, such as electron microscopes , scan an object with electrons , x-rays , and other radiation besides ordinary visible light .
Word History and Origins
Origin of microscope1
Example Sentences
"Every part of an automobile is literally under a microscope for where it was produced and how," she said.
I love newsprint, because when I was very young, my parents gave me a microscope and the first thing I looked at was the edge of a torn newspaper.
The series, which ended in February with a 16-0 thrashing, saw England's women placed under a microscope of pressure, criticism and attention like never before.
The case was under a media and political microscope, forcing De Castro to tread carefully.
You may need a microscope to see it in this maladroit production, but you hear it wonderfully.
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