microphotogramn.
/ˌmʌɪkrə(ʊ)ˈfəʊtəɡram/, U.S. /ˌmaɪkroʊˈfoʊdəˌɡræm/ Now rare.
A photomicrograph (of a microscopic object or absorption spectrum). Cf. microphotograph n. 2.
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microphotograph1857
photomicrograph1858
microphoto1893
photomicrogram1894
microphotogram1898
macrophotograph1900
photomacrograph1946
1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. i. 20 Microphotogram shewing the necessary disposition of blood-corpuscles in slides for examination for the plasmodium.
1928 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 119 86 The enlargement of the plate on the microphotogram was 20 or 80.
1935 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 149 461 The sharp contrast between the spectra of acrolein and crotonaldehyde is clearly shown by comparing fig. 2 and fig. 8, the microphotogram of the crotonaldehyde spectrum.
1937 R. S. Morrell Synthetic Resins xv. 345 The microphotogram of trimethyl cellulose resembles that of ethylene succinate.
1978 European Jrnl. Pediatrics 129 83 The topography and morphology of the lacrimal ducts in newborn infants was demonstrated by means of post mortem dacryocystograms and microphotograms of histologic slides.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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