Microscope

Definitions

1. An optical instrument used for observing small objects.
2. Any instrument for imaging very small objects (such as an electron microscope).

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“Elsewhere, professionals could enthuse over new precision instruments capable, for instance, of measuring weights down to a tenth of a milligram, or over a host⟳ of self-registering thermometers and barometers, microscopes, typewriters, calculators and all sorts of technical and musical devices, including automatic concertinas, edeophones, auto-harps, bigophones and other long-forgotten objects.”

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