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microphotograph|ˌmaɪkrəʊˈfəʊtəgrɑːf, -æ-|
[f. micro- + photograph n.]
1. A photograph reduced to microscopic size; a microscopic photograph.
1858[see photomicrograph]. 1867Pop. Sci. Rev. VI. 54 ‘Microphotograph’ is a very long name, recently introduced, to denote a very small object; it refers to the minute photographic reductions of portraits or views so often shown as curiosities under the microscope. ‘Photomicrograph’, on the contrary, is a name given to the photographic enlargement of a microscopic object. 1878Jrnl. R. Microsc. Soc. I. 300 Microphotograph.—Mr. Langenheim..has photographed the Lord's Prayer on the ten-thousandth of a square inch. 1940A. Huxley Let. 14 Oct. (1969) 461, I would like to have..micro-photographs suitable for reading by means of a reading machine (all the big libraries make these micro-films now) of Part III of this book. 1957R.A.E. News Nov. 8/2 The National Coal Board publicity office tried to excuse..an advertisement that described a picture, about four inches by six, as a ‘microphotograph’. In the O.E.D. this word certainly denotes both a small photograph of a large-or-small object and a large-or-small photograph of a small object. However, the ambiguity proved such a nuisance that after international discussion between various bodies, the words ‘microphotograph’ and ‘photomicrograph’ respectively were agreed on. 1962A. Günther Microphotogr. in Library (Unesco) 5 Microphotographs are photographs which are reduced to a minute or even microscopic size. 1966M. R. D. Foot SOE in France viii. 181 A microphotograph in the false bottom of a matchbox. 1969Proc. R. Microsc. Soc. IV. 142 Sixth Report of the Nomenclature Committee. The Committee recommends the following names and definitions:{ddd} Microphotograph. A very small photograph, intended to be viewed with a microscope.
2. A photograph of a microscopic object on a magnified scale: = photomicrograph.
1860Photogr. News 13 Jan. 228/1 The production of good micro-photographs appears very much to depend on the employment of a suitable collodion. 1875tr. Vogel's Chem. Light xiv. 208 The beauty of the micro-photograph depends essentially on the beauty of the preparation to be photographed. 1896Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 183 Microphotographs of two pyramidal cells from a case of general paralysis of the insane. 1927Haldane & Huxley Animal Biol. ii. 51 Fig. 18. Micro-photograph (×150) of a section through the ovary of a mammal (cat). 1944R. South Caterpillars Brit. Butterflies 5 Of the eggs and chrysalids, the former [illustrations] are from microphotographs by A. E. Tonge and drawings by Horace Knight. 1968Punch 21 Aug. 271/3 There are blackboard diagrams, and micro-photographs of sperm and ova. 1974Nature 22 Feb. 511/3 Species of pine and hardwood trees, grasses and cultivated plants, for example, are represented in the atlas of 136 microphotographs.
Hence microphotoˈgraphic a., pertaining to or connected with microphotography. microphotoˈgraphically adv., by means of microphotography.
1858T. Sutton Dict. Photogr. 296 Micro-photographic operations. 1865Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 24 Mar. 153/1 Description of the Micro-photographic Apparatus. 1882R. Norris (title) Physiology and Pathology of the Blood... With mikro-photographic illustrations. 1895Daily News 26 July 3/1 Insect anatomy, illustrated micro-photographically. |