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a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: dark-field microscope
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Broader terms: light microscope
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2el- Latin ūls Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Old Latin -ād Latin -ā Latin ultrābor. English ultra- Proto-Indo-European *mey-der.? Ancient Greek μῑκρός (mīkrós) Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh1yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō) Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin mīcroscopiumlbor. Italian microscopiobor. English microscope English ultramicroscope From ultra- + microscope.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مجهر فوقي
— a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
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Bashkir:
ультрамикроскоп
(ulʹtramikroskop)
— a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
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Chinese Mandarin:
超顯微鏡 /超显微镜
(chāoxiǎnwēijìng)
— a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
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Dutch:
ultramicroscoop
— a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
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German:
Ultramikroskop
— a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
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Hungarian:
ultramikroszkóp
— a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
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Irish:
ultraimicreascóp
— a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
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Japanese:
限外顕微鏡
(gengaikenbikyō)
— a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
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Kazakh:
ультрамикроскоп
(ultramikroskop)
— a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
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Korean:
한외현미경
(hanoehyeonmigyeong)
— a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
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Kyrgyz:
ультрамикроскоп
(ultramikroskop)
— a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
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Malayalam:
അതിസൂക്ഷ്മദർശിനി
(atisūkṣmadaṟśini)
— a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
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Telugu:
అతిసూక్ష్మదర్శిని
(atisūkṣmadarśini)
— a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
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Uzbek:
ultramikroskop
— a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles