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Microscopy

/maɪˈkɹɒs.kə.pi/ · noun

Meaning

The study of microscopes, their design and manufacture..

Definitions by Sense

  1. The study of microscopes, their design and manufacture.
  2. The use of microscopes.

Example Sentences

Studies of the viable blood cells with phase contrast microscopy showed peculiar cells that had numerous short villi and were arbitrarily called “hairy cells.”
Nematodes are transparent. It is one of the features that make them an ideal model organism, amenable to microscopy.
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).

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What does microscopy mean?

Microscopy means The study of microscopes, their design and manufacture..

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Studies of the viable blood cells with phase contrast microscopy showed peculiar cells that had numerous short villi and were arbitrarily called “hairy cells.”

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