micrography

American  

[mahy-krog-ruh-fee] / maɪˈkrɒg rə fi /

noun

1. the description or delineation of microscopic objects.

2. examination or study with the microscope (opposed to macrography).

3. the technique or practice of using the microscope.

4. the art or practice of writing in very small characters.

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micrography British  

/ ˌmaɪkrəʊˈɡræfɪk, maɪˈkrɒɡrəfɪ /

noun

1. the description, study, drawing, or photography of microscopic objects

2. the technique of using a microscope

3. the art or practice of writing in minute characters

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Other Word Forms

• micrographer
  noun
• micrographic
  adjective
• micrographically
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of micrography

First recorded in 1650–60; micro- + -graphy

Example Sentences

The weight of it in all changes, by wind, weather, or whatever other influence observable by a standing Mercurial Balance, call'd a Baroscope, hinted in reference to M. Hooks Micrography, n.

From Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World by Oldenburg, Henry