Meanings
adjectiveelectromicroscopic (not comparable)
- not comparableBy means of an electron microscope
Origin
- Frenchélectro-
- Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
- Latinēlectrum
- Latinelectro-
- Englishelectro-
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
- Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
- Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
- Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
- Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
- Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
- Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
- Latinmīcroscopium
- Italianmicroscopio
- Englishmicroscope
- Englishmicroscopic
- Englishelectromicroscopic
From electro- + microscopic.
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electromicroscopic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electromicroscopic
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“electromicroscopic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electromicroscopic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “electromicroscopic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/electromicroscopic.
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