microphotograph
Americannoun
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a small photograph requiring optical enlargement to render it visible in detail.
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a photomicrograph.
noun
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a photograph in which the image is greatly reduced and therefore requires optical enlargement for viewing purposes
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a less common name for microcopy photomicrograph
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Etymology
Origin of microphotograph
First recorded in 1855–60; micro- + photograph
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From a microphotograph surgically implanted in his body, he finds the address of a bank in Zurich, an account that yields him more than $5 million, and a name: Jason Charles Bourne.
From Time Magazine Archive
He seemed to remember a microphotograph of a creature like those in the book he had studied, but the name that had gone with it eluded him.
From The Rotifers by Robert Abernathy
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