Definition of Microscopes

1. Noun. (plural of microscope) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Microscopes

1. microscope [n] - See also: microscope

Lexicographical Neighbors of Microscopes

microsats
microscale
microscaled
microscales
microscanning
microschizonts
microscintigraphy
microsclerodermin
microsclerodermins
microscopal
microscope
microscope mirror
microscope slide
microscope stage
microscopes (current term)
microscopial
microscopic
microscopic anatomy
microscopic field
microscopic haematuria
microscopic section
microscopic sphincter
microscopical
microscopically
microscopically controlled surgery
microscopics
microscopies
microscopist
microscopists

Literary usage of Microscopes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. How to Work with the Microscope by Lionel Smith Beale (1870)
"The microscopes of Mr. Ladd are thoroughly well made ; and Messrs. ... Smith and Beck, which costs five pounds, the students' microscopes made by Mr. ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1872)
"The following tables are designed to be of use to buyers of microscopes, of the latter class, and to persons who desire information in a concise and ..."

3. The Microscope: Excerpts from The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1856)
"... all magnifying-glasses may be regarded as microscopes, but the slightly ... for microscopic delineations, are generally designated simple microscopes. ..."

4. The Microscope and Its Revelations by William Benjamin Carpenter (1883)
"But their microscopes can be used with any objective carrying the ' Society's screw,' by simply unscrewing the special nozzle from the end of the body. ..."

5. Elementary Chemical Microscopy by Emile Monnin Chamot (1921)
"Metallurgical microscopes. — The extraordinary interest in the microscopic study of metals and alloys within the last ten years and the astonishing ..."

6. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1918)
"One of the best petrographic microscopes manufactured is the ... Both 1 Some of the leading manufacturers of petrographic microscopes are: America: Bausch ..."

7. Manual of Petrographic Methods by Albert Johannsen (1918)
"One of the best petrographic microscopes manufactured is the ... Both 1 Some of the leading manufacturers of petrographic microscopes are: America: Bausch ..."

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