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Compound microscopeMicroscope Mi"cro*scope, n. [Micro- + -scope.]
An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination
of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is
too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.
Compound microscope, an instrument consisting of a
combination of lenses such that the image formed by the
lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the
objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular
or eyepiece.
Oxyhydrogen microscope, and Solar microscope. See under
Oxyhydrogen, and Solar.
Simple, or Single, microscope, a single convex lens used
to magnify objects placed in its focus. Compound microscopeCompound Com"pound, a. [OE. compouned, p. p. of compounen. See
Compound, v. t.]
Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts;
produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or
things; composite; as, a compound word.
Compound substances are made up of two or more simple
substances. --I. Watts.
Compound addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division (Arith.), the addition, subtraction, etc., of
compound numbers.
Compound crystal (Crystallog.), a twin crystal, or one
seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined
according to regular laws of composition.
Compound engine (Mech.), a form of steam engine in which
the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder
is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure
cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders,
successively.
Compound ether. (Chem.) See under Ether.
Compound flower (Bot.), a flower head resembling a single
flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in
a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or
dandelion.
Compound fraction. (Math.) See Fraction.
Compound fracture. See Fracture.
Compound householder, a householder who compounds or
arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be
included in his rents. [Eng.]
Compound interest. See Interest.
Compound larceny. (Law) See Larceny.
Compound leaf (Bot.), a leaf having two or more separate
blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk.
Compound microscope. See Microscope.
Compound motion. See Motion.
Compound number (Math.), one constructed according to a
varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.;
-- called also denominate number.
Compound pier (Arch.), a clustered column.
Compound quantity (Alg.), a quantity composed of two or
more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign +
(plus) or - (minus). Thus, a + b - c, and bb - b, are
compound quantities.
Compound radical. (Chem.) See Radical.
Compound ratio (Math.), the product of two or more ratios;
thus ab:cd is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios a:c
and b:d.
Compound rest (Mech.), the tool carriage of an engine
lathe.
Compound screw (Mech.), a screw having on the same axis two
or more screws with different pitch (a differential
screw), or running in different directions (a right and
left screw).
Compound time (Mus.), that in which two or more simple
measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining
of two measures of 3-8 time.
Compound word, a word composed of two or more words;
specifically, two or more words joined together by a
hyphen. Lucernal microscopeLucernal Lu*cer"nal, a. [L. lucerna a lamp.]
Of or pertaining to a lamp.
Lucernal microscope, a form of the microscope in which the
object is illuminated by means of a lamp, and its image is
thrown upon a plate of ground glass connected with the
instrument, or on a screen independent of it. Micrometer microscopeMicrometer Mi*crom"e*ter, n. [Micro- + -meter: cf. F.
microm[`e]tre.]
An instrument, used with a telescope or microscope, for
measuring minute distances, or the apparent diameters of
objects which subtend minute angles. The measurement given
directly is that of the image of the object formed at the
focus of the object glass.
Circular, or Ring, micrometer, a metallic ring fixed in
the focus of the object glass of a telescope, and used to
determine differences of right ascension and declination
between stars by observations of the times at which the
stars cross the inner or outer periphery of the ring.
Double image micrometer, a micrometer in which two images
of an object are formed in the field, usually by the two
halves of a bisected lens which are movable along their
line of section by a screw, and distances are determined
by the number of screw revolutions necessary to bring the
points to be measured into optical coincidence. When the
two images are formed by a bisected object glass, it is
called a divided-object-glass micrometer, and when the
instrument is large and equatorially mounted, it is known
as a heliometer.
Double refraction micrometer, a species of double image
micrometer, in which the two images are formed by the
double refraction of rock crystal.
Filar, or Bifilar, micrometer. See under Bifilar.
Micrometer caliper or gauge (Mech.), a caliper or gauge
with a micrometer screw, for measuring dimensions with
great accuracy.
Micrometer head, the head of a micrometer screw.
Micrometer microscope, a compound microscope combined with
a filar micrometer, used chiefly for reading and
subdividing the divisions of large astronomical and
geodetical instruments.
Micrometer screw, a screw with a graduated head used in
some forms of micrometers.
Position micrometer. See under Position.
Scale, or Linear, micrometer, a minute and very
delicately graduated scale of equal parts used in the
field of a telescope or microscope, for measuring
distances by direct comparison. Microscopal
Microscopal Mi*cros"co*pal, a.
Pertaining to microscopy, or to the use of the microscope.
--Huxley.
MicroscopeMicroscope Mi"cro*scope, n. [Micro- + -scope.]
An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination
of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is
too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.
Compound microscope, an instrument consisting of a
combination of lenses such that the image formed by the
lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the
objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular
or eyepiece.
Oxyhydrogen microscope, and Solar microscope. See under
Oxyhydrogen, and Solar.
Simple, or Single, microscope, a single convex lens used
to magnify objects placed in its focus. microscopeMicroscope Mi"cro*scope, n. [Micro- + -scope.]
An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination
of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is
too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.
Compound microscope, an instrument consisting of a
combination of lenses such that the image formed by the
lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the
objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular
or eyepiece.
Oxyhydrogen microscope, and Solar microscope. See under
Oxyhydrogen, and Solar.
Simple, or Single, microscope, a single convex lens used
to magnify objects placed in its focus. Microscopial
Microscopial Mi`cro*sco"pi*al, a.
Microscopic. [R.] --Berkeley.
Microscopic
Microscopic Mi`cro*scop"ic, Microscopical Mi`cro*scop"ic*al,
a. [Cf. F. microscopique.]
1. Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made
with a microscope; as, microscopic observation.
2. Able to see extremely minute objects.
Why has not man a microscopic eye? --Pope.
3. Very small; visible only by the aid of a microscope; as, a
microscopic insect.
Microscopical
Microscopic Mi`cro*scop"ic, Microscopical Mi`cro*scop"ic*al,
a. [Cf. F. microscopique.]
1. Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made
with a microscope; as, microscopic observation.
2. Able to see extremely minute objects.
Why has not man a microscopic eye? --Pope.
3. Very small; visible only by the aid of a microscope; as, a
microscopic insect.
Microscopically
Microscopically Mi`cro*scop"ic*al*ly, adv.
By the microscope; with minute inspection; in a microscopic
manner.
Microscopist
Microscopist Mi*cros"co*pist (?; 277), n.
One skilled in, or given to, microscopy.
Microscopy
Microscopy Mi*cros"co*py, n.
The use of the microscope; investigation with the microscope.
MicroseismMicroseism Mi"cro*seism, n. [Micro- + Gr. ? an earthquake, fr.
? to shake.]
A feeble earth tremor not directly perceptible, but detected
only by means of specially constructed apparatus. --
Mi`cro*seis"mic, *seis"mic*al, a. MicroseismicMicroseism Mi"cro*seism, n. [Micro- + Gr. ? an earthquake, fr.
? to shake.]
A feeble earth tremor not directly perceptible, but detected
only by means of specially constructed apparatus. --
Mi`cro*seis"mic, *seis"mic*al, a. Microseismograph
Microseismograph Mi`cro*seis"mo*graph, n. [Microseiem +
-graph.]
A microseismometer; specif., a microseismometer producing a
graphic record.
Microseismology
Microseismology Mi`cro*seis*mol"o*gy, n. [Microseiem + -logy.]
Science or study of microseisms.
MicroseismometerMicroseismometer Mi`cro*seis*mom"e*ter, n. [Microseism +
-meter.]
A seismometer for measuring amplitudes or periods, or both,
of microseisms. -- Mi`cro*seis*mom"e*try, n. MicroseismometryMicroseismometer Mi`cro*seis*mom"e*ter, n. [Microseism +
-meter.]
A seismometer for measuring amplitudes or periods, or both,
of microseisms. -- Mi`cro*seis*mom"e*try, n. MicrosemeMicroseme Mi"cro*seme, a. [Micro- + Gr. ? sign, mark: cf. F.
micros[`e]me.] (Anat.)
Having the orbital index relatively small; having the orbits
broad transversely; -- opposed to megaseme. Microspectroscope
Microspectroscope Mi`cro*spec"tro*scope, n. [Micro- +
spectroscope.] (Physics)
A spectroscope arranged for attachment to a microscope, for
observation of the spectrum of light from minute portions of
any substance.
MicrosporangiumMicrosporangium Mi`cro*spo*ran"gi*um, n. [NL. See Micro-,
and Sporangium.] (Bot.)
A sporangium or conceptacle containing only very minute
spores. Cf. Macrosporangium. MicrosporeMicrospore Mi"cro*spore, n. [Micro- + spore.] (Bot.)
One of the exceedingly minute spores found in certain
flowerless plants, as Selaginella and Isoetes, which bear
two kinds of spores, one very much smaller than the other.
Cf. Macrospore. Microsporic
Microsporic Mi`cro*spor"ic, a. (Bot.)
Of or pertaining to microspores.
MicrostheneMicrosthene Mi"cro*sthene, n. [Micro- + Gr. sqe`nos might,
strength.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of a group of mammals having a small size as a typical
characteristic. It includes the lower orders, as the
Insectivora, Cheiroptera, Rodentia, and Edentata. Microsthenic
Microsthenic Mi`cro*sthen"ic, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Having a typically small size; of or pertaining to the
microsthenes.
Oxyhydrogen microscopeMicroscope Mi"cro*scope, n. [Micro- + -scope.]
An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination
of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is
too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.
Compound microscope, an instrument consisting of a
combination of lenses such that the image formed by the
lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the
objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular
or eyepiece.
Oxyhydrogen microscope, and Solar microscope. See under
Oxyhydrogen, and Solar.
Simple, or Single, microscope, a single convex lens used
to magnify objects placed in its focus. Oxyhydrogen microscopeOxyhydrogen Ox`y*hy"dro*gen, a. [Oxy
(a) + hydrogen.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to a mixture of
oxygen and hydrogen; as, oxyhydrogen gas.
Oxyhydrogen blowpipe. (Chem.) See Blowpipe.
Oxyhydrogen microscope, a form of microscope arranged so as
to use the light produced by burning lime or limestone
under a current of oxyhydrogen gas. Solar microscopeMicroscope Mi"cro*scope, n. [Micro- + -scope.]
An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination
of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is
too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.
Compound microscope, an instrument consisting of a
combination of lenses such that the image formed by the
lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the
objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular
or eyepiece.
Oxyhydrogen microscope, and Solar microscope. See under
Oxyhydrogen, and Solar.
Simple, or Single, microscope, a single convex lens used
to magnify objects placed in its focus. Solar microscopeSolar So"lar, a. [L. solaris, fr. sol the sun; akin to As.
s[=o]l, Icel. s[=o]l, Goth. sauil, Lith. saule, W. haul,.
sul, Skr. svar, perhaps to E. sun:F. solaire. Cf. Parasol.
Sun.]
1. Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun; as,
the solar system; solar light; solar rays; solar
influence. See Solar system, below.
2. (Astrol.) Born under the predominant influence of the sun.
[Obs.]
And proud beside, as solar people are. --Dryden.
3. Measured by the progress or revolution of the sun in the
ecliptic; as, the solar year.
4. Produced by the action of the sun, or peculiarly affected
by its influence.
They denominate some herbs solar, and some lunar.
--Bacon.
Solar cycle. See under Cycle.
Solar day. See Day, 2.
Solar engine, an engine in which the energy of solar heat
is used to produce motion, as in evaporating water for a
steam engine, or expanding air for an air engine.
Solar flowers (Bot.), flowers which open and shut daily at
certain hours.
Solar lamp, an argand lamp.
Solar microscope, a microscope consisting essentially,
first, of a mirror for reflecting a beam of sunlight
through the tube, which sometimes is fixed in a window
shutter; secondly, of a condenser, or large lens, for
converging the beam upon the object; and, thirdly, of a
small lens, or magnifier, for throwing an enlarged image
of the object at its focus upon a screen in a dark room or
in a darkened box.
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