micrographia

[mahy-kruh-graf-ee-uh]

noun

1. minute handwriting.

2. Pathology.,  a neurological condition, usually symptomatic of parkinsonism, in which the handwriting becomes progressively smaller.

Word History and Origins

Origin of micrographia¹

From New Latin; micro-, -graph, -ia

Example Sentences

At the beginning of the year he finally took up the appointment, and at the age of 29, Hooke also published his greatest work, Micrographia.

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Micrographia really did mark the moment when microscopy came of age as a scientific discipline.

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But there was more to Micrographia than microscopy.

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In the short term, soon after the publication of Micrographia, plague interrupted the activities of the Royal Society and, like many other people, Hooke retreated from London to the countryside, where he took refuge as a guest at the house of the Earl of Berkeley at Epsom.

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Several factors conspired to prevent Hooke building on the achievements described in Micrographia to the extent that he might have done.

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