Microscope

Pronunciation

• enPR: mīʹkrÉ™-skōp'
• Hyphenation: mi + cro + scope

Origin

From New Latin microscopium, from Ancient Greek μικρός ("small") + σκοπέω ("I look at").

Full definition of microscope

Noun

1. An optical instrument used for observing small objects.
2. Any instrument for imaging very small objects (such as an electron microscope).

Related terms

• compound microscope
• electron microscope
• microscopic
• microscopy
• simple microscope