microscope
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From New Latin microscopium, from Ancient Greek μικρός (“small”) + σκοπέω (“I look at”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- enPR: mīʹkrə-skōp'
- Hyphenation: mi‧cro‧scope
[edit] Noun
microscope (plural microscopes)
- An optical instrument used for observing small objects.
- Any instrument for imaging very small objects (such as an electron microscope).
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[edit] Translations
an optical instrument
