OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 23890

microscope

/ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌskəʊp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
microscopio
An optical instrument used for observing small objects.
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…
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.
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