microscope
pronunciation
How to pronounce microscope in British English:
UK [ˈmaɪkrəskəʊp]
How to pronounce microscope in American English:
US [ˈmaɪkrəskoʊp]
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- Noun:
- magnifier of the image of small objects
Word Origin
- microscope (n.)
- 1650s, from Modern Latin microscopium, literally "an instrument for viewing what is small," from Greek micro- (see micro-) + -skopion, from skopein "to look, see" (see -scope).
Example
- 1. Smaller cells are easily visible under a light microscope .
- 2. A microscope image of ivd sperm .
- 3. Colours look very different through a microscope .
- 4. Then he stuck the wafer under a microscope .
- 5. These orange and blue balls represent electron microscope images of co-polymers .