English Explanatory Dictionary

microscope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An optical instrument used for observing small objects.
  2. Any instrument for imaging very small objects (such as an electron microscope).
verb
  1. To examine with a microscope, to put under a microscope (literally or figuratively).

Pronunciation

mīʹkrə-skōp' /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌskəʊp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-microscope.wav /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌskoʊp/ en-us-microscope.ogg

Word forms

microscope microscopes microscoping microscoped

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō) Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin mīcroscopiumlbor. Italian microscopiobor. English microscope From New Latin microscopium and Italian microscopio, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to look at”), equivalent to micro- + -scope.

Synonyms

microscopize

Related words

magnifying glass telescope

Derived words

atomic force microscope bimicroscope biomicroscope colpomicroscope compound microscope cryomicroscope cryo-transmission electron microscope dissecting microscope electromicroscope electron microscope endomicroscope epifluorescence microscope field emission microscope fluorescence microscope fluoromicroscope interference microscope light microscope microscopal microscope slide microscopial microscopic microscopical microscopist microscopy monochromated scanning transmission electron microscope optical microscope otomicroscope oxyhydrogen microscope petrographic microscope phase contrast microscope photomicroscope projection microscope reflecting microscope scanning electron microscope scanning transmission electron microscope scanning tunneling microscope simple microscope solar microscope spectromicroscope stereomicroscope stereo microscope stimulated emission depletion microscope supermicroscope telemicroscope transmission electron microscope ultramicroscope under the microscope videomicroscope X-ray microscope
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