Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One skilled or versed in microscopy; one who makes use of the microscope.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One skilled in, or given to, microscopy.

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  • noun An expert at microscopy

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  • noun a scientist who specializes in research with the use of microscopes

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Examples

  • Sydney had hired a spectacularly gifted electron microscopist, Nichol Thomson, who could cut and collect the thousands of serial section needed to trace the wiring of the nervous system, which was done by John White and Eileen Southgate.

    Martin Chalfie - Autobiography 2009

  • They may need a translator at somepoint but alas not a microscopist.

    Want to Work on A GAME OF THRONES? grrm 2010

  • The microscopist will keep your weight up; Pops and I will be fine on our own, with the roaming peacocks and rainwater collecting in the rusting satellite dish.

    Florida 2009

  • The microscopist will keep your weight up; Pops and I will be fine on our own, with the roaming peacocks and rainwater collecting in the rusting satellite dish.

    Florida 2009

  • I can see her now, fingering her brittle bangs, blinking so fast that this microscopist she's found might be alarmed if he were to look at her, but he has not done much of that; instead he peers at the monitor, uses a sterling accessory to show her the worms.

    Florida 2009

  • I can see her now, fingering her brittle bangs, blinking so fast that this microscopist she's found might be alarmed if he were to look at her, but he has not done much of that; instead he peers at the monitor, uses a sterling accessory to show her the worms.

    Florida 2009

  • When, after studying at St George's, Carter was awarded an Anatomical Studentship at the Royal College of Surgeons under the comparative anatomist Richard Owen and the microscopist John Quekett, Carter was expected to keep a regular journal of work.

    'The Making of Mr. Gray's Anatomy: Books, Bodies, Fortune, Fame' 2009

  • This image is drawing by Dutch physicist and microscopist Nicolas Hartsoekerfrom from1694.

    THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF SPERM » Sociological Images 2008

  • I've been a scanning electron microscopist for many years, I have thousands of electron micrographs, and when I'm staring at the mycelium I realize that they are microfiltration membranes.

    Paul Stamets on 6 ways mushrooms can save the world 2008

  • I've been a scanning electron microscopist for many years, I have thousands of electron micrographs, and when I'm staring at the mycelium I realize that they are microfiltration membranes.

    Paul Stamets on 6 ways mushrooms can save the world 2008

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