Webster's English Dictionary

Enter the word to look up:

microscope

mi.cro.scope \'mi--kr*-.sko-p\ n [NL microscopium, fr. micr- + -scopium 
   -scope] 1: an optical instrument consisting of a lens or combination of 
   lenses for  making enlarged images of minute objects; esp : COMPOUND 
   MICROSCOPE 2: an instrument using radiations other than light for making 
   enlarged imag es of minute objects