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noun
A photograph so reduced in size that it must be viewed through a lens or a microscope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A photograph taken through a microscope, an enlarged picture of a very small item or area: a photomicrograph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: proscribed, sometimes
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verb
To create such a photograph
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History
Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *bheh2- Proto-Indo-European *bhéh2os Proto-Hellenic *pháwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbh- Proto-Hellenic *grə́phō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photograph English microphotograph From micro- + photograph.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
