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# microscope

«microscope» in Mova's school dictionary: **A scientific instrument with lenses that makes very small…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a microscope, microscopes)

### meaning for a pupil

A scientific instrument with lenses that makes very small things look much bigger, so you can see things too small for your eyes alone, like cells and germs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscope/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons: we look at onion skin, pond water, hair and leaves under a microscope; you place a slide on the stage, use the lenses, and focus with knobs. Microscopes helped scientists discover cells and bacteria. Phrases: «under a microscope», «look through a microscope», «put under the microscope» (study very closely).

### examples

- We looked at a drop of pond water under the microscope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscope/#x1)
- The microscope makes the cells look 100 times bigger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscope/#x2)
- Turn the knob slowly to focus the microscope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscope/#x3)
- Germs are too small to see without a microscope. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscope/#x4)
- Carry the microscope with two hands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscope/#x5)
- Her work was put under the microscope by the judges. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscope/#x6)

### note

Countable. Built from Greek «micro» (small) + «scope» (look). Adjective: microscopic (too small to see without a microscope). A telescope is for far things, a microscope for tiny things. Magnification: «×100» means 100 times bigger.

### In the corpora

- [Most viruses are much smaller than bacteria and too small to be seen with an ordinary light microscope.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines/7/)
- [Bacteria are single cells too small to see without a microscope, and viruses are smaller still.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/30-germs-the-immune-system-and-hand-washing/6/)
- [Ancient Greek and Roman statues were often painted in bright colours; scientists find traces of the paint with special lights and microscopes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/21-ancient-times-and-famous-stories/9/)
- [Scientists find traces of paint on ancient Greek and Roman statues with special lights and microscopes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/37-olympiad-how-could-you-check-it/13/)
- [Germs are living things too small to see without a microscope.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/37-germs-hygiene-vaccines/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «microscope» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/microscope/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.