microscope
An optical instrument used for observing small objects.
Other meanings
Any instrument for imaging very small objects (such as an electron microscope).
Kinds of microscope
- electron microscope
- light microscope
Related words
- compound microscope
- bimicroscope
- biomicroscope
- colpomicroscope
- cryomicroscope
- electromicroscope
- endomicroscope
- fluoromicroscope
- microscopal
- microscopial
- microscopical
- microscopist
Word history
From Ancient Greek "μικρός" (small).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “microscope” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.