Meaning of MICROSCOPE
| Pronunciation: | | 'mIkru`skowp
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [n] magnifier of the image of small objects; "the invention of the microscope led to the discovery of the cell" |
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| | See Also: | | camera lucida, electron microscope, light microscope, magnifier | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mi"cro*scope\, n. [Micro- + -scope.]
An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination
of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is
too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.
{Compound microscope}, an instrument consisting of a
combination of lenses such that the image formed by the
lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the
objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular
or eyepiece.
{Oxyhydrogen microscope}, and {Solar microscope}. See under
{Oxyhydrogen}, and {Solar}.
{Simple, or Single}, {microscope}, a single convex lens used
to magnify objects placed in its focus.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing a microscope in your dream, suggests that you need to take a closer look at some situation. Something that may seemingly be insignificant may actually be a hindrance. |
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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | A piece of laboratory equipment that is used to magnify small things that are too small to be seen by the naked eye, or too small for the details to be seen by the naked eye, so that their finer details can be seen and studied. Examples are the light, electron microscope, X-ray microscope, and acoustic microscope. |
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