microscope
(noun) magnifier of the image of small objects; “the invention of the microscope led to the discovery of the cell”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
microscope (plural microscopes)
An optical instrument used for observing small objects.
Any instrument for imaging very small objects (such as an electron microscope).
microscope (third-person singular simple present microscopes, present participle microscoping, simple past and past participle microscoped)
To examine with a microscope, to put under a microscope (literally or figuratively).
Synonym: microscopize
Source: Wiktionary
Mi"cro*scope, n. Etym: [Micro- + -scope.]
Definition: An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is too minute to be viewed by the naked eye. Compound microscope, an instrument consisting of a combination of lenses such that the image formed by the lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular or eyepiece.
– Oxyhydrogen microscope, and Solar microscope. See under Oxyhydrogen, and Solar.
– Simple, or Single, microscope, a single convex lens used to magnify objects placed in its focus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
