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Webster 1913 Edition


microphotograph

miˊcro-pho′to-graph

(mīˊkrō̍-fō′tō̍-grȧf or mĭkˊrō̍-fō′tō̍-grȧf)
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Noun.
[
Micro-
+
photograph
.]
1.
A microscopically small photograph of a picture, writing, printed page, etc.
2.
An enlarged representation of a microscopic object, produced by throwing upon a sensitive plate the magnified image of an object formed by a microscope or other suitable combination of lenses.
☞ A picture of this kind is preferably called a photomicrograph.