An optical instrument used for observing small objects. / Any instrument for imaging very small objects (such as an electron microscope).

To examine with a microscope, to put under a microscope (literally or figuratively).

Of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal / So small that it can only be seen using a microscope. / Very small; minute / Carried out with great attention to detail.

plural of microscope

(historical) An apparatus for projecting upon a screen, by means of sunlight, an enlarged view of any object; essentially the same as the combination of lenses used in the magic lantern, taken in conjunction with a heliostat.

plural of solar microscope

plural of optical microscope

plural of simple microscope

plural of compound microscope

A thin, rectangular piece of glass used to hold samples to be studied under a microscope