ULTRAMICROSCOPE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes

Synonyms:

dark-field microscope; ultramicroscope

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ultramicroscope" is a kind of...):

light microscope (microscope consisting of an optical instrument that magnifies the image of an object)

Derivation:

ultramicroscopic (too small to be seen without an ultramicroscope)

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