Meaning

2 senses

  1. An optical instrument used for observing small objects.

    Mikroskop

    микроско́пmikroskóp

    мікроско́пmikroskóp

    magnifier of the image of small objects

  2. Any instrument for imaging very small objects (such as an electron microscope).

Examples

53 sentences

  1. Do you know who invented the microscope?

    Ти знаєш, хто винайшов мікроскоп? — deniko

    ruВы знаете, кто изобрёл микроскоп? — Balamax

    deWissen Sie, wer das Mikroskop erfunden hat? — xtofu80

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  2. Do you know the difference between a microscope and a telescope?

    Ви знаєте різницю між мікроскопом та телескопом? — uaspeaker

    ruВы знаете разницу между микроскопом и телескопом? — Hellerick

    deKennst du den Unterschied von Mikroskop und Teleskop? — SeeVogel

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  3. Tom wants a microscope.

    Том хоче мікроскоп. — deniko

    ruТом хочет микроскоп. — odexed

    deTom möchte ein Mikroskop. — mayabe

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  4. He was looking through a microscope.

    ruОн смотрел в микроскоп. — sharptoothed

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  5. Tom bought a microscope for Mary.

    ruТом купил Мэри микроскоп. — marafon

    deTom kaufte ein Mikroskop für Maria. — wolfgangth

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
an optical instrument:
Русский
By meaning 1
an optical instrument:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
an optical instrument:

Origin

From New Latin microscopium and Italian microscopio, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “s

From New Latin microscopium and Italian microscopio, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “to look at”), equivalent to micro- + -scope.

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Forms

plural: microscopes
Singularmicroscope
Pluralmicroscopes

regular

Word family

39 related words
RelatedtelescopeB2magnifying glassmicroscopicmicroscopical
DerivedmicroscopyB2bimicroscopebiomicroscopeblink microscopecolpomicroscopecompound microscopecryomicroscopedissecting microscopeelectromicroscopeelectron microscopeendomicroscopeepifluorescence microscopefluorescence microscopefluoromicroscopeinterference microscopelight microscopemicroscopalmicroscope slidemicroscopialmicroscopistoptical microscopeotomicroscopeoxyhydrogen microscopepetrographic microscope

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
microorganismB2microphoneB2microprocessormicroscopicB2microwaveB2mid

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