micrograph
micrograph noun: an image such as a photograph that presents the microscopic at a macroscopic scale; an image produced with a microscope.
Noun
micrograph (plural micrographs)
- An image such as a photograph that presents the microscopic at a macroscopic scale; an image produced with a microscope.
- A pantograph instrument for executing minute writing or engraving.
Verb
micrograph (third-person singular simple present micrographs, present participle micrographing, simple past and past participle micrographed)
- To produce such an image by micrography.
Forms of micrograph
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | micrographs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | micrographs |
| present participle | micrographing |
| past participle | micrographed |
| past | micrographed |
Origin of micrograph
From micro- + -graph, perhaps by analogy with microscope and photograph.
Words formed from micrograph
Questions about micrograph
- What does micrograph mean?
- Micrograph means an image such as a photograph that presents the microscopic at a macroscopic scale; an image produced with a microscope.
- What part of speech is micrograph?
- Micrograph can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of micrograph?
- The plural of micrograph is micrographs.
Words near micrograph in the dictionary
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