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krəˌskoʊp noun
1.
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.
2.
( initial capital letter ) Astronomy. the constellation Microscopium.
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| 1. | simple microscope compound microscope See also ultramicroscope 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 |
| 2. | any instrument, such as the electron microscope, for producing a magnified visual image of a small object |
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Word Origin & History
microscope
1650s, from Mod.L. microscopium, lit. "an instrument for viewing what is small," from Gk. micro- (q.v.) + -skopion "means of viewing," from skopein "look at."
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microscope mi·cro·scope (mī'krə-skōp')
n.
An optical instrument that uses a lens or a combination of lenses to produce magnified images of small objects, especially of objects too small to be seen by the unaided eye.
An instrument, such as an electron microscope, that uses electronic, acoustic, or other processes to magnify objects.
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| microscope (mī'krə-skōp') Pronunciation Key
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 force microscope">atomic force microscope, electron microscopeion microscope.">, field ion microscope. |
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microscope definition
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.
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Example sentences
Taste is the microscope of the judgment.
What he found on inspection with a microscope astounded him.
Take three pairs of new microscope slides out the package.
Under an electron microscope, however, they balloon into terrifying yet beautiful spectacles.
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