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
13 January 2025
(noun) the process of becoming softened and saturated as a consequence of being immersed in water (or other liquid); “a good soak put life back in the wagon”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
