: a non-optical instrument (such as one using radiations other than light or using vibrations) for making enlarged images of minute objects
an acoustic microscope
Example Sentences
Students viewed the crystals through a microscope.
Recent Examples on the WebBlack Lives Matter has come under a fiscal microscope since 2020, when the group received $90 million in donations amid protests following the murder of George Floyd by police in Minnesota. Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 5 Sep. 2022 Ages 5+ Support their explorations into science with this beginner microscope. Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 1 Sep. 2022 The New Georgia Project's operations have also come under a microscope by Republicans in the Peach State. Joe Schoffstall, Fox News, 25 Aug. 2022 This fully functioning microscope comes with 8X magnification, extra-large eyepieces, a kid-sized focusing knob, and a bright LED that lights up details for even more discoveries. Riley Gutiérrez Mcdermid, USA TODAY, 21 Aug. 2022 Be aware, however, that the microscope could just as easily get turned back around on you.Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2022 At the same time, TikTok is increasingly coming under the same microscope that caused Facebook’s reputation to unravel in recent years. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2022 Shipway spent the day Wednesday looking at shipworm samples under a microscope at Harvard University. Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2022 Metcalf recently bought him some slides that the two look at under Peacock’s microscope at his home. Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
New Latin microscopium, from micr- + -scopium -scope