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- Microscope - n. - 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.
- Binocular - a. - Adapted to the use of both eyes; as, a binocular microscope or telescope.
- Magnify - v. t. - To make great, or greater; to increase the dimensions of; to amplify; to enlarge, either in fact or in appearance; as, the microscope magnifies the object by a thousand diameters.
- Adjustment - n. - The operation of bringing all the parts of an instrument, as a microscope or telescope, into their proper relative position for use; the condition of being thus adjusted; as, to get a good adjustment; to be in or out of adjustment.
- Microscopical - a. - Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made with a microscope; as, microscopic observation.
- Micropegmatite - n. - A rock showing under the microscope the structure of a graphic granite (pegmatite).
- Microphotograph - n. - An enlarged representation of a microscopic object, produced by throwing upon a sensitive plate the magnified image of an object formed by a microscope or other suitable combination of lenses.