microscope
Definitions of microscope
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magnifier of the image of small objectstypes:microscope électroniquea 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 lightmicroscope optiquemicroscope consisting of an optical instrument that magnifies the image of an objectloupe, verre grossissantlight microscope consisting of a single convex lens that is used to produce an enlarged imagetype of:
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Vocabulary lists containing microscope
Power Suffix: -scope
Have a close look at this list of words that include the suffix -scope, meaning "an instrument for observing." The Latinized scopium derives from the Greek skopein, "to look, to examine."
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