microscopy

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ -scopy.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mī-krŏsʹkə-pē
• (UK) IPA^(key): /maɪˈkɹɒs.kə.pi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /maɪˈkɹɑs.kə.pi/

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• Hyphenation: mi‧cros‧co‧py

Noun

microscopy (countable and uncountable, plural microscopies)

1. The study of microscopes, their design and manufacture.
2. The use of microscopes.
   • 2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 88:

     Nematodes are transparent. It is one of the features that make them an ideal model organism, amenable to microscopy.

Derived terms

• biomicroscopy
• colpomicroscopy
• copromicroscopy
• cryomicroscopy
• endomicroscopy
• fluoromicroscopy
• heliomicroscopy
• immunomicroscopy
• intravital microscopy
• nanomicroscopy
• otomicroscopy
• photomicroscopy
• spectromicroscopy
• submicroscopy
• supermicroscopy
• telemicroscopy
• ultramicroscopy
• videomicroscopy

 

Translations

study of microscopes

• Catalan: microscòpia f
• French: microscopie (fr) f
• German: Mikroskopie (de) f
• Irish: micreascópacht f
• Polish: mikroskopia (pl) f
• Russian: микроскопи́я (ru) f (mikroskopíja)
• Spanish: microscopia f, microscopía f
• Ukrainian: мікроскопі́я f (mikroskopíja)

use of microscopes

• Catalan: microscòpia f
• Czech: mikroskopie f
• French: microscopie (fr)
• Irish: micreascópacht f
• Italian: microscopia (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mikroskopi m

  Nynorsk: mikroskopi m

• Portuguese: microscopia
• Russian: микроскопи́я (ru) f (mikroskopíja)
• Spanish: microscopia f, microscopía f
• Swedish: mikroskopi (sv) c
• Ukrainian: мікроскопі́я f (mikroskopíja)