Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The description of objects too small to be discerned without the aid of a microscope.
- noun The art or process of photographing or depicting microscopic objects; photomicrography.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The description of microscopic objects.
- noun Examination or study by means of the microscope, as of an etched surface of metal to determine its structure.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
description ofmicroscopic objects.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The father of modern micrography was Dutch biologist Anton van Leeuwenhoek.
Theatre on the Web ewillett 2008
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In 1953, because of her unusual skills in electron micrography, she had found a job as a research assistant at the newly founded Weizmann Institute in Rehovot.
Mathilde Krim. 2009
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Nonetheless, the couple managed, during those years, to coauthor several papers on electron micrography.
Mathilde Krim. 2009
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Funny how there is so much more out there (drawings, online) in terms of micrography (in the broad sense) than the tissue stuff.
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He is mentioned for his skill in micrography in Holinshed's _Chronicle_.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Various
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For critical work and particularly for photo-micrography, however, the interchangeable nosepiece is by no means perfect as it is next to impossible to secure accurate centreing of each lens in the optical axis.
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And though a few mistakes may be found therein, a few incomplete truths; though since his time considerable additions have been made to the micrography and practical culture of bees, the handling of queens, etc., there is not a single one of his principal statements that has been disproved, or discovered in error; and in our actual experience they stand untouched, and indeed at its very foundation.
The Life of the Bee Maurice Maeterlinck 1905
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Some boast intricate micrography - decorations made up of thousands of tiny Hebrew letters.
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By MATTI FRIEDMAN 2011
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Some boast intricate micrography - decorations made up of thousands of tiny Hebrew letters.
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Some boast intricate micrography - decorations made up of thousands of tiny Hebrew letters.
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