videomicrography

noun

The art and science of making videos of microscopic objects, by the use of a microscope.

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Meanings

nounvideomicrography (uncountable)
  1. uncountableartThe art and science of making videos of microscopic objects, by the use of a microscope.

    High speed videomicrography has been used to simultaneously assess both the motility and morphology of sperm from fertile and infertile men.

    1984. United States Congress. House. Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, page 482
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    Another early video work, Crystal (1982), features videomicrography of actual crystal growth mapped to the changing melodic and harmonic motion of the layered and continuously playing electroacoustic soundtrack.

    2006. Elizabeth Hinkle-Turner. Women Composers and Music Technology in the United States: Crossing the Line, page 239

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*widéh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*widēō
  4. Latinvideō
  5. Englishaudioinflu.
  6. Englishvideo
  7. Englishvideo-
  8. Englishmicrography
  9. Englishvideomicrography

From video- + micrography.

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APA

videomicrography. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/videomicrography

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“videomicrography.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/videomicrography. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “videomicrography,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/videomicrography.

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