Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A drawing or photographic reproduction of an object as viewed through a microscope.
- n. An instrument used to make tiny writing or engraving.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as micropantograph.
Wiktionary
- n. An image such as a photograph that presents the microscopic at a macroscopic scale.
- n. An instrument for executing minute writing or engraving.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An instrument for executing minute writing or engraving.
- n. a graphic image, such as a photograph or drawing, representing an object as seen with a microscope, usually much enlarged as compared with the original object. A photograph of a microscopic image is also called a
photomicrograph ormicrophotograph .
Etymologies
- From micro- + -graph, perhaps by analogy with microscope and photograph. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Tel: 49-3025-4860 www. berlinerfestspiele.de photography "Microphotography: Beauty Beyond the Visible" exhibits a series of works from the microcosmic universe, including purely scientific images that nonetheless offer aesthetic appeal, such as the very earliest micrograph works ever made in 1840.”
“It looks like a TEM micrograph of some kind of migratory cell, but I can't be sure ...”
“An electron micrograph shows the grains of pollen sticking to a bee's leg. And a close-up of a leaf's epidermis displays the tiny openings that regulate the exchange of carbon dioxide, oxygen and water vapor.”
“Scanning electron micrograph images are taken in black and white and are coloured later.”
“The killer: a colourised transmission electron micrograph of an Ebola virus virion.”
“Light micrograph of Dicyemid japonicaum rhombogen.”
“I'll stick my neck out somewhat – Looks like a micrograph of a mineral grain.”
“He showed me an electron-micrograph image of the inside of the gut.”
“A MOLECULAR WRECKING YARD: Electron-micrograph images of the termite's third gut, where food is turned into fuel”
“Seen here is a scanning electron micrograph of yogurt, revealing bacteria that can be used to promote health.”
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