Microscope

['maɪkrəskəʊp] or ['maɪkrəskop]

Definition

(noun.) magnifier of the image of small objects; 'the invention of the microscope led to the discovery of the cell'.

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Definition

(n.) 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.

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Definition

n. an instrument which magnifies to the eye objects so minute as to be almost or quite undiscernible without its aid.—adjs. Microscop′ic -al pertaining to a microscope: made by or as if by a microscope: visible only by the aid of a microscope: working with or as if with a microscope.—adv. Microscop′ically.—ns. Mī′croscopist one skilled in the use of the microscope; Mī′croscopy.—Binocular microscope a microscope with two eye-pieces for viewing an object with both eyes at once; Compound microscope a microscope with two sets of lenses so arranged that the image formed by the lower or object glass is again magnified by the upper or eye-piece.

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Unserious Contents or Definition

To dream of a microscope, denotes you will experience failure or small returns in your enterprises.

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Examples

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