micrograph
noun
mi·cro·graph
ˈmī-krə-ˌgraf 
: a graphic reproduction of the image of an object formed by a microscope
micrograph
transitive verb
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In 2020, Japanese researchers reconstructed micrographs of histological sections from a species of catshark into a three-dimensional model, offering a tantalizing glimpse of the anatomy of a scroll-type spiral intestine.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2024
The researchers took hundreds of micrographs covering tens of thousands of individual molecules in different orientations.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Dec. 2023
The cells in the micrograph were 500 nanometer-wide orbs surrounded by a Medusa-like halo of tendrils.
—Joshua Sokol, Quanta Magazine, 11 Apr. 2023
This micrograph shows the presence of the fungal agent Blastomyces dermatitidis, 1978.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 31 Mar. 2023
Bordetella pertussis, the bacterium that causes whooping cough (yellow in this colorized micrograph), infects the lungs and releases toxins that cause the relentless hacking that gave the disease its name.
—Melinda Wenner Moyer, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2013
This micrograph of a live specimen was named an image of distinction in last year’s Nikon Small World competition.
—Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2012
This is a 10-millimeter-wide light micrograph with the individual parts stained.
—Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2014
This is a phase micrograph at 400X magnification of structures formed by a phospholipid in water.
—Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2013
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2024
The researchers took hundreds of micrographs covering tens of thousands of individual molecules in different orientations.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Dec. 2023
The cells in the micrograph were 500 nanometer-wide orbs surrounded by a Medusa-like halo of tendrils.
—Joshua Sokol, Quanta Magazine, 11 Apr. 2023
This micrograph shows the presence of the fungal agent Blastomyces dermatitidis, 1978.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 31 Mar. 2023
Bordetella pertussis, the bacterium that causes whooping cough (yellow in this colorized micrograph), infects the lungs and releases toxins that cause the relentless hacking that gave the disease its name.
—Melinda Wenner Moyer, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2013
This micrograph of a live specimen was named an image of distinction in last year’s Nikon Small World competition.
—Discover Magazine, 21 Feb. 2012
This is a 10-millimeter-wide light micrograph with the individual parts stained.
—Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2014
This is a phase micrograph at 400X magnification of structures formed by a phospholipid in water.
—Discover Magazine, 31 Jan. 2013
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micrograph
noun
mi·cro·graph
-ˌgraf
1
: a graphic reproduction (as a photograph) of the image of an object formed by a microscope
2
: an instrument for measuring minute movements by magnifying and recording photographically the corresponding vibrations of a diaphragm moving in unison with the original object
micrograph
transitive verb
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