MICROSCOPEとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From New Latin microscopium, from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós, “small”) + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I look at”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkɹəˌskəʊp/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkɹəˌskoʊp/
• enPR: mīʹkrə-skōpʺ
• ハイフネーション: mi‧cro‧scope

名詞

microscope (複数形 microscopes)

1. An optical instrument used for observing small objects.
   • 1837, The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (volume 23, page 222)

     That he might ascertain whether any of the cloths of ancient Egypt were made of hemp, M. Dutrochet has examined with the microscope the weavable filaments of this last vegetable.

2. Any instrument for imaging very small objects (such as an electron microscope).

派生語

参考

• magnifying glass
• telescope

動詞

microscope (三人称単数 現在形 microscopes, 現在分詞 microscoping, 過去形および過去分詞形 microscoped)

1. To examine with a microscope, to put under a microscope (字義どおりに または figuratively).

   Synonym: microscopize

   • 1897, The Clinical Journal, page 200:

     It has a strong germicidal action, as can be verified by staining and microscoping the pus, the characteristic micro-organisms disappearing rapidly under its use.

   • 2012, E.J. Zingg, D.M.A. Wallace, Bladder Cancer (Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN), page 79:

     Wright (1959), using the standard and less laborious technique of microscoping the centrifuged deposit of a sample of urine, found that 21.6% of males attending life insurance examinations had more than 10 red blood cells per high power field (rbc/hpf).