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<hw>Mi*cros"co*pal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to microscopy, or to the use of the microscope.</def>

<i>Huxley.</i>

<h1>Microscope</h1> <Xpage=921>

<hw>Mi"cro*scope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Micro-</ets> + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <def>An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.</def>

<cs><col>Compound microscope</col>, <cd>an instrument consisting of a combination of lenses such that the image formed by the lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the <i>objective<i>) is magnified by another lens called the <i>ocular<i> or <i>eyepiece<i>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Oxyhydrogen microscope</col>, and <col>Solar microscope</col></mcol>. <cd>See under <er>Oxyhydrogen</er>, and <er>Solar</er>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Simple, &or; Single</col>, <col>microscope</col></mcol>, <cd>a single convex lens used to magnify objects placed in its focus.</cd></cs>

<h1>Microscopial</h1> <Xpage=921>

<hw>Mi`cro*sco"pi*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Microscopic.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Berkeley.</i>

<h1>Microscopic, Microscopical</h1> <Xpage=921>

<hw><hw>Mi`cro*scop"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Mi`cro*scop"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>microscopique</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made with a microscope; <as>as, <ex>microscopic</ex> observation</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Able to see extremely minute objects.</def>

<blockquote>Why has not man a <b>microscopic</b> eye? <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Very small; visible only by the aid of a microscope; <as>as, a <ex>microscopic</ex> insect</as>.</def>

<h1>Microscopically</h1> <Xpage=921>

<hw>Mi`cro*scop"ic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>By the microscope; with minute inspection; in a microscopic manner.</def>

<h1>Microscopist</h1> <Xpage=921>

<hw>Mi*cros"co*pist</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One skilled in, or given to, microscopy.</def>

<h1>Microscopy</h1> <Xpage=921>

<hw>Mi*cros"co*py</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The use of the microscope; investigation with the microscope.</def>

<h1>Microseme</h1> <Xpage=921>

<hw>Mi"cro*seme</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Micro-</ets> + Gr. <?/ sign, mark: cf. F. <ets>micros\'8ame</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>Having the orbital index relatively small; having the orbits broad transversely; -- opposed to <ant>megaseme</ant>.</def>

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<h1>Microspectroscope</h1> <Xpage=922>

<hw>Mi`cro*spec"tro*scope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Micro-</ets> + <ets>spectroscope</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>A spectroscope arranged for attachment to a microscope, for observation of the spectrum of light from minute portions of any substance.</def>

<h1>Microsporangium</h1> <Xpage=922>

<hw>Mi`cro*spo*ran"gi*um</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Micro-</er>, and <er>Sporangium</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A sporangium or conceptacle containing only very minute spores. Cf. <er>Macrosporangium</er>.</def>

<h1>Microspore</h1> <Xpage=922>