microphotograph

[ mahy-kruh-foh-tuh-graf, -grahf ]

noun

1. microfilm ( def 1 ).
2. a small photograph requiring optical enlargement to render it visible in detail.
3. a photomicrograph.

microphotograph

/ -ˌɡræf; ˌmaɪkrəʊfəˈtɒɡrəfɪ; ˌmaɪkrəʊˈfəʊtəˌɡrɑːf /

noun

1. a photograph in which the image is greatly reduced and therefore requires optical enlargement for viewing purposes
2. a less common name for microcopy photomicrograph

Derived Forms

• microphotography, noun
• ˌmicroˌphotoˈgraphic, adjective

Other Words From

• mi·cro·pho·to·graph·ic [mahy-kr, uh, -foh-t, uh, -, graf, -ik], adjective
• mi·cro·pho·tog·ra·phy [mahy-kroh-f, uh, -, tog, -r, uh, -fee], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of microphotograph¹

First recorded in 1855–60; micro- + photograph

Example Sentences

He seemed to remember a microphotograph of a creature like those in the book he had studied, but the name that had gone with it eluded him.

From Project Gutenberg

From a microphotograph surgically implanted in his body, he finds the address of a bank in Zurich, an account that yields him more than $5 million, and a name: Jason Charles Bourne.

From Time Magazine Archive

But perhaps the most astonishing thing, though I did not think of it until later, was that the compound eye of the insect, did not convey to it the impression of a vast number of separate pictures, such as the eye produces when a microphotograph is taken through it.

From Project Gutenberg

Kennedy picked up another microphotograph.

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