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microscope
1656, from Mod.L.
microscopium,
lit. "an instrument for viewing what is small," from Gk.
micro-
(q.v.) +
-skopion.
"means of viewing," from
skopein
"look at."
Microscopic
"of minute size" is attested from 1760s.
