compound microscope
nounDefinition of compound microscope
: a microscope consisting of an objective and an eyepiece mounted in a drawtube
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Spring Branch Academic Institute - The biology/science classroom will add two digital stereomicroscopes and an advanced compound microscope to its lab. — Houston Chronicle, "Spring Branch Education Foundation announces 2019 grants," 7 June 2019 Invented in the 16th century, the compound microscope did not contribute to scientific breakthroughs for 70 years. — Lloyd Minor, Fortune, "What The First Microscopes Teach Us About Electronic Health Records," 5 June 2018 Around 1590, the father-son team Hans and Zacharias Janssen invented a compound microscope, with lenses at two ends of a tube, producing a nine-power enlargement. — Doug Main, The Atlantic, "Humankind’s Most Important Material," 7 Apr. 2018 The person with the dubious honor of being the first to study sperm in detail was Anton van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutchman who developed the early compound microscope. — Laura Poppick, Smithsonian, "The Long, Winding Tale of Sperm Science," 7 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'compound microscope.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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