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• under the microscope — phrase if someone or something is under the microscope, people are examining them very carefully The whole legal system should be put under the microscope. Thesaurus: relating to analysing or examinationsynonym Main entry: microscope * * * under… …   Useful english dictionary

• under a/the microscope — in a state of being watched very closely Celebrities can find it difficult (to be) living under the microscope. The business has recently been put under the microscope by federal investigators. • • • Main Entry: ↑microscope …   Useful english dictionary

• Microscope — Mi cro*scope, n. [Micro + scope.] 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}. [1913 Webster] {Compound microscope}, an… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• microscope — /muy kreuh skohp /, n. 1. an optical instrument having a magnifying lens or a combination of lenses for inspecting objects too small to be seen or too small to be seen distinctly and in detail by the unaided eye. 2. (cap.) Astron. the… …   Universalium

• Microscope slide — A set of standard 75 by 25 mm microscope slides. The white area can be written on to label the slide …   Wikipedia

• microscope — mi|cro|scope [ maıkrə,skoup ] noun count * a piece of equipment for looking at things that are too small to see normally: under a microscope: They were examining the insects under a microscope. under the microscope if someone or something is… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• microscope — mi|cro|scope [ˈmaıkrəskəup US skoup] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Modern Latin; Origin: microscopium, from micro ( MICRO ) + scopium (from Greek skopion instrument for seeing )] 1.) a scientific instrument that makes extremely small things look larger… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• microscope */ — UK [ˈmaɪkrəˌskəʊp] / US [ˈmaɪkrəˌskoʊp] noun [countable] Word forms microscope : singular microscope plural microscopes a piece of equipment for looking at things that are too small to see normally under a microscope: Although invisible to the… …   English dictionary

• microscope — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ binocular, electron, high powered, optical ▪ powerful MICROSCOPE + NOUN ▪ slide ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• microscope — n. 1) a compound; electron; optical microscope 2) under a microscope * * * electron optical microscope a compound under a microscope …   Combinatory dictionary

• microscope — [[t]ma͟ɪkrəskoʊp[/t]] microscopes 1) N COUNT A microscope is a scientific instrument which makes very small objects look bigger so that more detail can be seen. 2) PHRASE: PHR after v, v link PHR If you say that something is under the microscope …   English dictionary