microphotograph

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A photograph so reduced in size that it must be viewed through a lens or a microscope.
  2. A photograph taken through a microscope, an enlarged picture of a very small item or area: a photomicrograph.
verb
  1. To create such a photograph

Word forms

microphotograph microphotographs microphotographing microphotographed

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós)der. English micro- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photograph English microphotograph From micro- + photograph.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.