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ULTRAMICROSCOPE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes
Synonyms:
dark-field microscope; ultramicroscope
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("ultramicroscope" is a kind of...):
light microscope (microscope consisting of an optical instrument that magnifies the image of an object)
Derivation:
ultramicroscopic (too small to be seen without an ultramicroscope)
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