microscope — Английский словарь

Существительное

1. An optical instrument used for observing small objects.

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   Другие примеры (2)

   That he might ascertain whether any of the cloths of ancient Egypt were made of hemp, M. Dutrochet has examined with the microscope the weavable filaments of this last vegetable.

   Elsewhere, professionals could enthuse over new precision instruments capable, for instance, of measuring weights down to a tenth of a milligram, or over a host of self-registering thermometers and barometers, microscopes, typewriters, calculators and all sorts of technical and musical devices, including automatic concertinas, edeophones, auto-harps, bigophones and other long-forgotten objects.

2. Any instrument for imaging very small objects (such as an electron microscope).

Глагол

1. To examine with a microscope, to put under a microscope (literally or figuratively).

   Синонимы

   microscopize

   Примеры

   Другие примеры (2)

   It has a strong germicidal action, as can be verified by staining and microscoping the pus, the characteristic micro-organisms disappearing rapidly under its use.

   Wright (1959), using the standard and less laborious technique of microscoping the centrifuged deposit of a sample of urine, found that 21.6% of males attending life insurance examinations had more than 10 red blood cells per high power field (rbc/hpf).

Существительное

1. magnifier of the image of small objects

   Более общие понятия

   magnifier

   Примеры

   the invention of the microscope led to the discovery of the cell