Associations to the word «Microscope»

Pictures for the word «Microscope»

Wiktionary

MICROSCOPE, noun. An optical instrument used for observing small objects.
MICROSCOPE, noun. Any instrument for imaging very small objects (such as an electron microscope).

Dictionary definition

MICROSCOPE, noun. Magnifier of the image of small objects; "the invention of the microscope led to the discovery of the cell".

Wise words

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