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ultramicroscope

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

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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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dark-field microscope

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: light microscope

History

Etymology

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.

  • Arabic: مجهر فوقي — a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
  • Bashkir: ультрамикроскоп (ulʹtramikroskop) — a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
  • 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
  • Dutch: ultramicroscoop — a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
  • German: Ultramikroskop — a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
  • Hungarian: ultramikroszkóp — a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
  • Irish: ultraimicreascóp — a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
  • Japanese: 限外顕微鏡 (gengaikenbikyō) — a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
  • Kazakh: ультрамикроскоп (ultramikroskop) — a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
  • Korean: 한외현미경 (hanoehyeonmigyeong) — a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
  • Kyrgyz: ультрамикроскоп (ultramikroskop) — a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
  • Malayalam: അതിസൂക്ഷ്മദർശിനി (atisūkṣmadaṟśini) — a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
  • Telugu: అతిసూక్ష్మదర్శిని (atisūkṣmadarśini) — a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles
  • Uzbek: ultramikroskop — a microscope that uses bright illumination against a black background to view small particles