Microscopy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /maɪˈkɹɒs.kə.pi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Microscopy is a noun meaning The study of microscopes, their design and manufacture.
Meaning
The study of microscopes, their design and manufacture.
More Meanings
- The use of microscopes.
Example Sentences
Nematodes are transparent. It is one of the features that make them an ideal model organism, amenable to microscopy.
Studies of the viable blood cells with phase contrast microscopy showed peculiar cells that had numerous short villi and were arbitrarily called “hairy cells.”
A multi-institution US research team has combined some creative chemistry, fluorescence microscopy and laser-driven microballistics to gain a clearer view of just what happens in a high-strain-rate impact, and to tease out the relative contribution of different kinds of energy dissipation within the target (Nat. Commun., doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52663-1).
Word Forms
- microscopies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include microscope, microscopic, light, electron, scanning, sweep.
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