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μscope

μscope is the abbreviation of microscope.

Meaning of microscope

Noun

microscope (plural microscopes)

  1. An optical instrument used for observing small objects.
    • 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.1837, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, volume 23, page 222
  2. Any instrument for imaging very small objects (such as an electron microscope).

See all 3 meanings of microscope

Forms of μscope

pluralμscopes
alternative formμ-scope

Origin of μscope

From μ- + -scope.

Questions about μscope

What is μscope the abbreviation of?
Μscope is the abbreviation of microscope.

Words near μscope in the dictionary

  1. μmeters
  2. μmol/d
  3. μms
  4. μP
  5. μPs
  6. μscope
  7. μscopes
  8. μsecond
  9. μseconds
  10. μwave
  11. μwaves

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