microscopenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmaɪ.krə.skəʊp/us/ˈmaɪ.krə.skoʊp/a device that uses lenses to make very small objects look larger, so that they can be scientifically examined and studied:
They looked at the blood samples under the microscope.
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Laboratory equipment
- bell jar
- Buchner funnel
- Bunsen burner
- burette
- calorimeter
- collecting flask
- condenser
- conical flask
- electron microscope
- evaporating dish
- flame test
- flask
- graduated cylinder
- oscilloscope
- particle accelerator
- pipette
- retort stand
- siphon
- test tube
- transducer
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Idiom(s)
put sth under the microscope