micrography

English

Etymology

micro- +‎ -graphy

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun

micrography (countable and uncountable, plural micrographies)

1. The description of microscopic objects.
2. An ancient Jewish form of calligram, using tiny Hebrew letters to form designs.
3. Examination or study by means of the microscope, as of an etched surface of metal to determine its structure.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “micrography”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)