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micrograph

[mahy-kruh-graf, -grahf]

noun

  1. an instrument for executing extremely minute writing or engraving.

  2. Optics.a photograph taken through a microscope or a drawing of an object as seen through a microscope.



micrograph

/ -ˌɡræf, ˈmaɪkrəʊˌɡrɑːf /

noun

  1. a photograph or drawing of an object as viewed through a microscope

  2. an instrument or machine for producing very small writing or engraving

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

micrograph

  1. A drawing or photograph taken from an image formed by a microscope.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of micrograph1

First recorded in 1870–75; micro- + -graph
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Color-enhanced scanning electron micrograph of Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly.

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This colored scanning electron micrograph shows a bundle of tracheids in a softwood toothpick.

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This electron micrograph shows particles of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, called SARS-CoV-2.

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Escherichia coli bacteria, coloured green, in a scanning electron micrograph.Credit:

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Scanning electron micrograph of Bifidobacterium, which lives in the gastrointestinal tract.Credit:

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