microscope
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈmaɪkrəˌskoʊp/
:
microscopio
- Take a look at the microscope.
- microscope slide
- microscope lens
- microscope image
Doesn't make sense that with whatever microscope you're using, you cannot see detail.
- Doesn't make sense that with whatever microscope you're using, you cannot see detail.
- OK, so the microscope camera feature or gimmick.
- COVID, I'll need my microscope and my various implements.
Examples
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We can run some tests on it and look at it under the microscope.
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When you look at the cells under a microscope, their structures become clear and detailed.
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I looked through this microscope and I got images like this.
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So we asked ourselves, what if we sent a microscope into space?
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And I have this microscope which I bought.
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I never could remember to keep both eyes open when I used a microscope, for instance.
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Imagine the world that the microscope opened up to scientists and researchers in those early years.
Academic text (2011) -
The first time I looked in a microscope... that's when I knew I wanted to be a doctor.
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Well, first, you'll need a microscope.
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When surgical pathologists visit, we're prone to sit together over a two-headed microscope and look at slides.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
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A device with lenses or mirrors that helps you see things clearly
Compounds
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4.3
A machine that uses electrons instead of light to make very large images of tiny things
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4.1
A tool that uses light and lenses to make tiny things like cells look larger
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6.8
A microscope that makes tiny particles too small for an ordinary microscope appear bright on a dark background
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A small flat piece of glass that holds a thin sample for a microscope
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A microscope with two eyepieces used in surgery to see very small body parts
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A microscope with two lenses that uses light to make tiny things look larger
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A microscope that uses electrons to show a material's surface in very small detail
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A flat platform on a microscope where you put a slide to look at it
How Powerful
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word microscope comes from Greek parts micro- meaning 'small' and -scope meaning 'to look', and it is like telescope but for tiny things. So, a microscope is a tool that lets you 'see' very small details clearly.