Microscope

mī′krō-skōp, n. an instrument which magnifies to the eye objects so minute as to be almost or quite undiscernible without its aid.— adjs. Micro scop′ic , -al , pertaining to a microscope: made by, or as if by, a microscope: visible only by the aid of a microscope: working with, or as if with, a microscope.— adv. Micro scop′ically .— ns. Mī′croscopist , one skilled in the use of the microscope; Mī′croscopy .— Binocular microscope , a microscope with two eye-pieces, for viewing an object with both eyes at once; Compound microscope , a microscope with two sets of lenses so arranged that the image formed by the lower or object gla is again magnified by the upper or eye-piece. [Gr. mikros , little, skopein , to look at.]