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microscope

[ mahy-kruh-skohp ]

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. Microscope, Astronomy. the constellation Microscopium.


microscope

/ ˈmaɪkrəˌskəʊp /

noun

  1. 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
  2. any instrument, such as the electron microscope, for producing a magnified visual image of a small object


microscope

/ krə-skōp′ /

  1. Any of various instruments used to magnify small objects that are difficult or impossible to observe the naked eye.
  2. 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.


microscope

  1. 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of microscope1

First recorded in 1650–60; from New Latin mīcroscopium; micro-, -scope

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Example Sentences

He brought the microscope home from the lab as lockdown was about to begin last March, along with plenty of dust.

The researchers were able to observe the ripple pattern using a special type of microscope.

Doctors examine embryos through a microscope to determine how many cells they contain and whether they appear healthy, and choose the one that looks most viable.

She got a job as a lab technician in a hospital, where she analyzed tissue samples with a microscope.

Other libraries that Google has under the microscope are Lodash and possibly Underscore.

Were you being extra picky in the wake of Twilight because you knew you were under the microscope?

There was the aforementioned man in a lab coat sitting at a microscope.

In the 1970s, no microscope was needed to see neck and spine injuries among players of all levels were escalating fast.

In the ensuing fallout Eastside Catholic High School has found itself under an intense media microscope.

With these microbial systems in the Pilbara, you can see these things in the field and under the microscope.

Crystals of urea nitrate or oxalate (Fig. 19) will soon appear and can be recognized with the microscope.

In both conditions chemic tests will show hemoglobin, but in the latter the microscope will reveal the presence of red corpuscles.

The microscope commonly shows sarcin, bacteria, and great numbers of yeast-cells.

This is placed upon the stage of the microscope, and one of the projecting ends is heated with a small flame.

A grain—requiring to be picked out with a pin and microscope—of truth, with a bushel of bunkum or cant.

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