Origin: 1600-1700 Modern Latin microscopium, from micro- ( ➔ MICRO-) + -scopium (from Greek -skopion instrument for seeing)
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS►under/through a microscope
You can see the cancer cells quite easily under a microscope.
►put under the microscope
The school district’s finances were put under the microscope.
1science a scientific instrument that makes extremely small things appear large enough to be seen: under/through a microscope You can see the cancer cells quite easily under a microscope. → see alsoelectron microscope2under the microscope being examined very closely and carefully: The school district’s finances were put under the microscope.