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Meaning of Microscopy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
maɪˈkɹɒs.kə.pi

Definitions

  1. The study of microscopes, their design and manufacture.
  2. The use of microscopes.

Equivalents

Čeština mikroskopie
Deutsch Mikroskopie
Ελληνικά μικροσκόπια
Español microscopia
Suomi mikroskopia
Français microscopie
Gaeilge micreascópacht
Italiano microscopia
Polski mikroskopia
Português microscopia
Русский микроскопия
Українська мікроскопія

Examples

“Studies of the viable blood cells with phase contrast microscopy showed peculiar cells that had numerous short villi and were arbitrarily called “hairy cells.””
“Nematodes are transparent. It is one of the features that make them an ideal model organism, amenable to microscopy.”
“A multi-institution US research team has combined some creative chemistry, fluorescence microscopy and laser-driven microballistics to gain a clearer view of just what happens in a high-strain-rate impact, and to tease out the relative contribution of different kinds of energy dissipation within the target (Nat. Commun., doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52663-1).”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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