Defn: A very minute plant, one of certain unicellular algæ, such as the germs of various infectious diseases are believed to be.
MICROPYLE Mi"cro*pyle, n. Etym: [Micro- + Gr. micropyle.] (Biol.) (a) An opening in the membranes surrounding the ovum, by which nutrition is assisted and the entrance of the spermatozoa permitted. (b) An opening in the outer coat of a seed, through which the fecundating pollen enters the ovule. — Mi*crop"y*lar, a.
MICROSCOPAL
Mi*cros"co*pal, a.
Defn: Pertaining to microscopy, or to the use of the microscope.
Huxley.
MICROSCOPE
Mi"cro*scope, n. Etym: [Micro- + -scope.]
Defn: 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
Mi`cro*sco"pi*al, a.
Defn: Microscopic. [R.] Berkeley.
MICROSCOPIC; MICROSCOPICAL
Mi`cro*scop"ic, Mi`cro*scop"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. microscopique.]
1. Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made with a microscope; as, microscopic observation.