micrograph

English

Etymology

From micro- + -graph, perhaps by analogy with microscope and photograph.

Noun

micrograph (plural micrographs)

  1. An image such as a photograph that presents the microscopic at a macroscopic scale.
  2. A pantograph instrument for executing minute writing or engraving.

Derived terms

Verb

micrograph (third-person singular simple present micrographs, present participle micrographing, simple past and past participle micrographed)

  1. To produce such an image by micrography.
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