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microscoping

microscoping is the present participle and gerund of microscope.

Meaning of microscope

Verb

microscope (third-person singular simple present microscopes, present participle microscoping, simple past and past participle microscoped)

  1. To examine with a microscope, to put under a microscope (literally or figuratively).
    • 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.1897, The Clinical Journal, page 200
    Synonyms:
    microscopize

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Questions about microscoping

What is microscoping the present participle and gerund of?
Microscoping is the present participle and gerund of microscope.

Words near microscoping in the dictionary

  1. microscopically
  2. microscopics
  3. Microscopid
  4. Microscopids
  5. microscopies
  6. microscoping
  7. microscopist
  8. microscopists
  9. Microscopium
  10. microscopize
  11. microscopized

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