ULTRAMICROSCOPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ultramicroscope mean? 

• ULTRAMICROSCOPE (noun)
  The noun ULTRAMICROSCOPE has 1 sense:

1. light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes

  Familiarity information: ULTRAMICROSCOPE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ULTRAMICROSCOPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dark-field microscope; ultramicroscope

Hypernyms ("ultramicroscope" is a kind of...):

light microscope (microscope consisting of an optical instrument that magnifies the image of an object)

Derivation:

ultramicroscopic (too small to be seen without an ultramicroscope)