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Meaning of Microscope | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌskəʊp

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Afrikaans mikroskoop
العربية المجهر مجهر
བོད་སྐད ཆེ་ཤེལ
Català microscopi
Čeština drobnohled mikroskop
Cymraeg microsgop
Dansk mikroskop
Ελληνικά μικροσκόπιο
Esperanto mikroskopo
Español microscopio
Euskara mikroskopio
Suomi mikroskooppi
Français microscope
Gaeilge micreascóp
Galego microscopio
עברית מיקרוסקופ
Magyar mikroszkóp
Հայերեն մանրադիտակ
Bahasa Indonesia mikroskop
Íslenska smásjá
Italiano microscopio
ქართული მიკროსკოპი
Қазақша микроскоп
한국어 현미경
Latina microscopium
Latviešu mikroskops
Te Reo Māori karaihe whakanui
Македонски микроскоп
Bahasa Melayu mikroskop teropong halus
Nederlands microscoop
Português microscópio
Română microscop
Русский микроскоп
Slovenčina mikroskop
Svenska mikroskop
Kiswahili hadubini
Тоҷикӣ резбин
Türkçe mikroskop
ئۇيغۇرچە مىكروسكوپ
Українська мікроскоп
اردو خردبین
Tiếng Việt kính hiển vi

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.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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