microscope (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *microscope*:
NOUN	artifact	microscope	magnifier of the image of small objects

microscope > pronunciation
Sounds	may'krahskow.p
Rhymes	allotrope ... tope: 34 rhymes with owp...

English > *microscope*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	magnifier of the image of small objects.
Example	"the invention of the microscope led to the discovery of the cell"
Parts	camera lucida	An optical device consisting of an attachment that enables an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface for sketching it
Narrower	angioscope	A modified microscope used to study capillary vessels
	electron microscope	A microscope that is similar in purpose to a light microscope but achieves much greater resolving power by using a parallel beam of electrons to illuminate the object instead of a beam of light
	light microscope	microscope consisting of an optical instrument that magnifies the image of an object
Broader	magnifier	A scientific instrument that magnifies an image
Spanish	microscopio
Catalan	microscopi
Adjectives	microscopic, microscopical	of or relating to or used in microscopy

HyperDic: microscope