'Microscope' definitions:
Definition of 'microscope'
(from WordNet)
noun
Magnifier of the image of small objects; "the invention of the microscope led to the discovery of the cell"
Definition of 'Microscope'
From: GCIDE
- Microscope \Mi"cro*scope\, n. [Micro- + -scope.] An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is too minute to be viewed by the naked eye. [1913 Webster]
- Compound microscope, an instrument consisting of a combination of lenses such that the image formed by the lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular or eyepiece.
- Oxyhydrogen microscope, and Solar microscope. See under Oxyhydrogen, and Solar.
- Simple microscope, or Single microscope, a single convex lens used to magnify objects placed in its focus. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Microscope'
- Microscopal,
- Microscopic,
- Microscopical,
- Microscopically,
- Compound microscope,
- Lucernal microscope,
- Micrometer microscope,
- Microscope stand,
- Oxyhydrogen microscope,
- Simple microscope,
- Single microscope,
- Solar microscope,
- binocular microscope,
- electron microscope,
- electron microscopic,
- light microscope,
- microscope slide,
- microscope stage,
- microscopic anatomy,
- microscopic field,
- operating microscope,
- dark-field microscope,
- field-emission microscope