Microphotograph

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A photograph requiring magnification for viewing.
  • n. A photograph on microfilm.
  • n. See photomicrograph.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A photograph so reduced in size that it must be viewed through a lens or a microscope.
  • n. A photograph taken through a microscope, an enlarged picture of a very small item or area; a photomicrograph.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A microscopically small photograph of a picture, writing, printed page, etc.
  • n. An enlarged representation of a microscopic object, produced by throwing upon a sensitive plate the magnified image of an object formed by a microscope or other suitable combination of lenses.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A photograph of any object, made so small as to require a microscope for its examination; “a microscopic photograph of a macroscopic object” (A. C. Mercer).
  • n. See photomicrograph.
  • Word Usage
    "In addition, he is just plain wrong in places: a photomicrograph is not the same as a microphotograph."