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Definitions for microscope
ˈmaɪ krəˌskoʊpmi·cro·scope

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. microscopenoun

    magnifier of the image of small objects

    "the invention of the microscope led to the discovery of the cell"

Wiktionary

  1. microscopenoun

    An optical instrument used for observing small objects.

  2. microscopenoun

    Any instrument for imaging very small objects (such as an electron microscope).

  3. Etymology: From microscopium, from μικρός + σκοπέω.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. MICROSCOPEnoun

    An optick instrument, contrived various ways to give to the eye a large appearance of many objects which could not otherwise be seen.

    Etymology: μίϰρος and σϰοπέω; microscope, Fr.

    If the eye were so acute as to rival the finest microscopes, and to discern the smallest hair upon the leg of a gnat, it would be a curse, and not a blessing, to us; it would make all things appear rugged and deformed; the most finely polished crystal would be uneven and rough; the sight of our own selves would affright us; the smoothest skin would be beset all over with ragged scales and bristly hairs. Richard Bentley.

    The critick eye, that microscope of wit,
    Sees hairs and pores, examines bit by bit. Dunciad, b. iv.

Wikipedia

  1. Microscope

    A microscope (from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós) 'small', and σκοπέω (skopéō) 'to look (at); examine, inspect') is a laboratory instrument used to examine objects that are too small to be seen by the naked eye. Microscopy is the science of investigating small objects and structures using a microscope. Microscopic means being invisible to the eye unless aided by a microscope. There are many types of microscopes, and they may be grouped in different ways. One way is to describe the method an instrument uses to interact with a sample and produce images, either by sending a beam of light or electrons through a sample in its optical path, by detecting photon emissions from a sample, or by scanning across and a short distance from the surface of a sample using a probe. The most common microscope (and the first to be invented) is the optical microscope, which uses lenses to refract visible light that passed through a thinly sectioned sample to produce an observable image. Other major types of microscopes are the fluorescence microscope, electron microscope (both the transmission electron microscope and the scanning electron microscope) and various types of scanning probe microscopes.

ChatGPT

  1. microscope

    A microscope is a scientific instrument designed to magnify and visualize very small objects, structures, or organisms that cannot be seen with the naked eye. It uses a lens or a combination of lenses to enlarge the object, allowing detailed observation and study. Microscopes are used widely in fields like biology, geology, medicine, and material sciences.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Microscopenoun

    an optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is too minute to be viewed by the naked eye

  2. Etymology: [Micro- + -scope.]

Wikidata

  1. Microscope

    A microscope is an instrument used to see objects that are too small for the naked eye. The science of investigating small objects using such an instrument is called microscopy. Microscopic means invisible to the eye unless aided by a microscope. There are many types of microscopes, the most common and first to be invented is the optical microscope which uses light to image the sample. Other major types of microscopes are the electron microscope and the various types of scanning probe microscope.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Microscope

    mī′krō-skōp, n. an instrument which magnifies to the eye objects so minute as to be almost or quite undiscernible without its aid.—adjs. Microscop′ic, -al, pertaining to a microscope: made by, or as if by, a microscope: visible only by the aid of a microscope: working with, or as if with, a microscope.—adv. Microscop′ically.—ns. Mī′croscopist, one skilled in the use of the microscope; Mī′croscopy.—Binocular microscope, a microscope with two eye-pieces, for viewing an object with both eyes at once; Compound microscope, a microscope with two sets of lenses so arranged that the image formed by the lower or object glass is again magnified by the upper or eye-piece. [Gr. mikros, little, skopein, to look at.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of microscope in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of microscope in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of microscope in a Sentence

  1. Bryan Lessard:

    I'd been watching a lot of' RuPaul's Drag Race' when I was examining the specimen under the microscope, so it was on my mind ! and I really wanted to give this group of flies a memorable name because it needs the attention -- the first specimen of this RuPaul fly was collected over a hundred years ago and sat neglected in a museum collection until someone with the knowledge of that group came along to name and document them.

  2. Holden Triplett:

    When someone like this has been arrested, any operation that they would have knowledge of immediately becomes suspect from a counterintelligence perspective, anything that they've touched is now under the microscope.

  3. Frank Sesno:

    Under the social media microscope this will be much tougher because most every viewer, reader, listener will be judging — many in real time, it's a daunting news agenda, but the public is tuned in and amped up. News organizations will be judged quickly and harshly.

  4. Gideon Nave:

    Having this dataset is like having a microscope or a telescope with a more powerful lens, you get a better resolution and start seeing patterns and associations you couldn't before.

  5. Jordan CNN Jordan king:

    I don’t think those individuals are under just a Jordanian microscope. They’re under an international microscope, i have to believe that there’s a lot of people in Israel also that are concerned as much as we are.

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