Microscope

Quick meaning: Microscope is a noun meaning An optical instrument used for observing small objects.

Meaning

An optical instrument used for observing small objects.

More Meanings

1. Any instrument for imaging very small objects (such as an electron microscope).
2. To examine with a microscope, to put under a microscope (literally or figuratively).

Example Sentences

It has a strong germicidal action, as can be verified by staining and microscoping the pus, the characteristic micro-organisms disappearing rapidly under its use.

That he might ascertain whether any of the cloths of ancient Egypt were made of hemp, M. Dutrochet has examined with the microscope the weavable filaments of this last vegetable.

Wright (1959), using the standard and less laborious technique of microscoping the centrifuged deposit of a sample of urine, found that 21.6% of males attending life insurance examinations had more than 10 red blood cells per high power field (rbc/hpf).

Elsewhere, professionals could enthuse over new precision instruments capable, for instance, of measuring weights down to a tenth of a milligram, or over a host of self-registering thermometers and barometers, microscopes, typewriters, calculators and all sorts of technical and musical devices, including automatic concertinas, edeophones, auto-harps, bigophones and other long-forgotten objects.

Word Forms

• microscopes
• microscoping
• microscoped

Synonyms for microscope

Depending on context, synonyms include microscopize.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include microscopy, microscopic, focus, spotlight, lubricating, magnification.

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