MICROSCOPE

n. Miakfmik)'ro-skop. Lat., microscopium (from fttirpdf, small, and anomlv, to examine). Kr., in. (Jer.. Mikrofkojt It.. S]>.. i,iirrnnn,i>i(i. An optical apparatus by which OIKmay obtain a clear image of a near object, the image being always larger than the obj.-ct. It enables the eye to see an oblect under a greatly increased visual angle, as if the object were brought very close to the eye. without affecting the distinctne of vision. It differs from the telescoixin that the microscopic image A, ape; A, at; A, ah; A, all; Ch, chin; Ch, loch (Scottish); [s. 780]