Meanings
plural microscopies
- countableuncountableThe study of microscopes, their design and manufacture.
- countableuncountableThe use of microscopes.
Nematodes are transparent. It is one of the features that make them an ideal model organism, amenable to microscopy.
2020, Brandon Taylor, Real Life, Daunt Books Originals, page 882 more examples
Studies of the viable blood cells with phase contrast microscopy showed peculiar cells that had numerous short villi and were arbitrarily called “hairy cells.”
1966 February 28, Robert Schrek, ““Hairy” Cells in Blood in Lymphoreticular Neoplastic Disease and “Flagellated” Cells of Normal Lymph Nodes”, in Blood, volume 27, number 2, page 199A multi-institution US research team has combined some creative chemistry, fluorescence microscopy and laser-driven microballistics to gain a clearer view of just what happens in a high-strain-rate impact, and to tease out the relative contribution of different kinds of energy dissipation within the target (Nat. Commun., doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52663-1).
2024 October 7, Stewart Wills, “A Deeper View of High-Speed Impacts”, in Optics & Photonics News
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
- Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
- Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
- Englishmicro-
- Proto-Indo-European*speḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*spéḱyeti
- Proto-Hellenic*sképt͏̌omai
- Ancient Greekσκέπτομαι (sképtomai)
- Ancient Greekσκοπός (skopós)
- Ancient Greekσκοπέω (skopéō)
- Englishmicroscopy
Translations
Catalan microscòpia, microscòpia
- microscòpiastudy of microscopes
- microscòpiause of microscopes
Czech mikroskopie, drobnohledectví
- mikroskopieuse of microscopes
- drobnohledectvíuse of microscopes
French microscopie, microscopie
- microscopiestudy of microscopes
- microscopieuse of microscopes
German Mikroskopie, Mikroskopie
- Mikroskopiestudy of microscopes
- Mikroskopieuse of microscopes
Greek μικροσκοπία, μικροσκοπία
- μικροσκοπία (mikroskopía)study of microscopes
- μικροσκοπία (mikroskopía)use of microscopes
Irish micreascópacht, micreascópacht
- micreascópachtstudy of microscopes
- micreascópachtuse of microscopes
Italian microscopia
- microscopiause of microscopes
Norwegian Bokmål mikroskopi
- mikroskopiuse of microscopes
Polish mikroskopia
- mikroskopiastudy of microscopes
Portuguese microscopia
- microscopiause of microscopes
Russian микроскопи́я, микроскопи́я
- микроскопи́я (mikroskopíja)study of microscopes
- микроскопи́я (mikroskopíja)use of microscopes
Spanish microscopia, microscopía
- microscopiastudy of microscopes
- microscopíastudy of microscopes
- microscopiause of microscopes
- microscopíause of microscopes
Swedish mikroskopi
- mikroskopiuse of microscopes
Ukrainian мікроскопі́я, мікроскопі́я
- мікроскопі́я (mikroskopíja)study of microscopes
- мікроскопі́я (mikroskopíja)use of microscopes
Cite this entry
microscopy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microscopy
“microscopy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microscopy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microscopy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microscopy.
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