microscope

mi·cro·scope  (mkr-skp) n. 1. An optical instrument that uses a lens or a combination of lenses to produce magnified images of small objects, especially of objects too small to be seen by the unaided eye. 2. An instrument, such as an electron microscope, that uses electronic or other processes to magnify objects.

microscope

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microscope

Noun

1. an optical instrument that uses a lens or combination of lenses to produce a greatly magnified image of a small, close object

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

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microscope  (mkr-skp)

Any of various instruments used to magnify small objects that are difficult or impossible to observe the naked eye. 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. See also atomic force microscopeelectron microscopefield ion microscope

Thesaurus

Noun

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microscope - magnifier of the image of small objects; "the invention of the microscope led to the discovery of the cell" angioscope - a modified microscope used to study capillary vessels camera lucida - an optical device consisting of an attachment that enables an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface for sketching it electron microscope - a microscope that is similar in purpose to a light microscope but achieves much greater resolving power by using a parallel beam of electrons to illuminate the object instead of a beam of light light microscope - microscope consisting of an optical instrument that magnifies the image of an object magnifier - a scientific instrument that magnifies an image

Translations

microscope [ˈmaɪkrəskəup] n → microscopio;

under the microscope → al microscopio

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microscope [ˈmaɪkrəskəup] micro... n → microscope m;

under the microscope → au microscope

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microscope [ˈmaɪkrəskəup] micro n → Mikroskop nt;

under the microscope micro → unter dem Mikroskop

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microscope [ˈmaɪkrəskəup] n → microscopio;

under the microscope → al microscopio