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; an image produced with a microscope
2. A pantograph instrument for executing minute writing or engraving.

Derived terms

• cryo-transmission electron micrograph
• electron micrograph
• optical micrograph
• pictomicrograph
• scanning electron micrograph
• ultramicrograph

 

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.