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# microscope

noun (a microscope, microscopes)

«microscope» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A scientific instrument with lenses that makes very small things look much bigger, so you can see things too small for your eyes alone, like cells and germs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscope/#m1)

### In the lessons

In science lessons: we look at onion skin, pond water, hair and leaves under a microscope; you place a slide on the stage, use the lenses, and focus with knobs. Microscopes helped scientists discover cells and bacteria. Phrases: «under a microscope», «look through a microscope», «put under the microscope» (study very closely).

### Examples

- We looked at a drop of pond water under the microscope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscope/#x1)
- The microscope makes the cells look 100 times bigger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscope/#x2)
- Turn the knob slowly to focus the microscope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscope/#x3)
- Germs are too small to see without a microscope. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscope/#x4)
- Carry the microscope with two hands. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscope/#x5)
- Her work was put under the microscope by the judges. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscope/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Built from Greek «micro» (small) + «scope» (look). Adjective: microscopic (too small to see without a microscope). A telescope is for far things, a microscope for tiny things. Magnification: «×100» means 100 times bigger.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «microscope» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscope/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«microscope» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/microscope.html) on Mova free.