micrograph

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noun

An image such as a photograph that presents the microscopic at a macroscopic scale; an image produced with a microscope.

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Meanings

nounmicrograph (plural micrographs)

plural micrographs

  1. An image such as a photograph that presents the microscopic at a macroscopic scale; an image produced with a microscope.
  2. A pantograph instrument for executing minute writing or engraving.
verbmicrograph (third-person singular simple present micrographs, present participle micrographing, simple past and past participle micrographed)

present singular third person micrographs · participle present micrographing · participle past micrographed · past micrographed

  1. To produce such an image by micrography.

Origin

From micro- + -graph, perhaps by analogy with microscope and photograph.

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APA

micrograph. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/micrograph

MLA

“micrograph.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/micrograph. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “micrograph,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/micrograph.

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