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solar microscope

solar microscope noun: an apparatus for projecting upon a screen, by means of sunlight, an enlarged view of any object; essentially the same as the combination of lenses used in the magic lantern, taken in conjunction with a heliostat.

Noun

solar microscope (plural solar microscopes)

  1. (historical) An apparatus for projecting upon a screen, by means of sunlight, an enlarged view of any object; essentially the same as the combination of lenses used in the magic lantern, taken in conjunction with a heliostat.

Forms of solar microscope

pluralsolar microscopes

Questions about solar microscope

What does solar microscope mean?
Solar microscope means an apparatus for projecting upon a screen, by means of sunlight, an enlarged view of any object; essentially the same as the combination of lenses used in the magic lantern, taken in conjunction with a heliostat.
What part of speech is solar microscope?
Solar microscope is a noun.
What is the plural of solar microscope?
The plural of solar microscope is solar microscopes.

Words near solar microscope in the dictionary

  1. solar maculation
  2. solar mass
  3. solar masses
  4. solar maxima
  5. solar maximum
  6. solar microscope
  7. solar microscopes
  8. solar minima
  9. solar minimum
  10. solar nebula
  11. solar nebulae

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