microscope
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō) Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin mīcroscopiumlbor. Italian microscopiobor. English microscope From New Latin microscopium and Italian microscopio, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to look at”), equivalent to micro- + -scope.
- derived from μικρός
- borrowed from microscopio
- borrowed from microscopium
Definitions
An optical instrument used for observing small objects.
- That he might ascertain whether any of the cloths of ancient Egypt were made of hemp, M. Dutrochet has examined with the microscope the weavable filaments of this last vegetable.
Any instrument for imaging very small objects (such as an electron microscope).
To examine with a microscope, to put under a microscope (literally or figuratively).
- It has a strong germicidal action, as can be verified by staining and microscoping the pus, the characteristic micro-organisms disappearing rapidly under its use.
The neighborhood
- neighbormagnifying glass
- neighbortelescope
Derived
atomic force microscope, bimicroscope, biomicroscope, colpomicroscope, compound microscope, cryomicroscope, cryo-transmission electron microscope, dissecting microscope, electromicroscope, electron microscope, endomicroscope, epifluorescence microscope, field emission microscope, fluorescence microscope, fluoromicroscope, interference microscope, light microscope, microscopal, microscope slide, microscopial, microscopic, microscopical, microscopist, microscopy, monochromated scanning transmission electron microscope, optical microscope, otomicroscope, oxyhydrogen microscope, petrographic microscope, phase contrast microscope, photomicroscope, projection microscope, reflecting microscope, scanning electron microscope, scanning transmission electron microscope, scanning tunneling microscope, simple microscope, solar microscope, spectromicroscope, stereomicroscope · +9 more
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA