English words for 'Synonym of microscope slide.'
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- (sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
- (geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
- A lever that can be moved in two directions.
- (Australia, informal) Removable rank insignia worn on epaulettes of army uniform.
- Synonym of slider (“movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth”).
- A pocket in one's pants (trousers).
- (phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
- A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
- (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
- (photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
- (footwear) A sandal that is backless and open-toed.
- A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
- (by extension, computing) A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
- An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
- An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
- (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
- A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
- The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
- (music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
- (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
- (vulgar slang) A promiscuous woman, slut.
- The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
- A mechanism, or portion of one, consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
- (speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
- a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
- (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
- a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
- (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
- plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
- sloping channel through which things can descend
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
verb
- (transitive) To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
- (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
- (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
- (intransitive, finance) To decrease in amount or value.
- (music) To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
- (regional) To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
- (intransitive, slang) To go; to move from one place or to another.
- (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
- (transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
- (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
- (soccer) To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.
- (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
- to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
- move smoothly along a surface
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
noun
- The part of a microscope that holds the objectives.
- The outer end or point of a pipe, bellows, etc.
- Anything (originally a piece of armour) that protects the nose.
- The bridge between spectacle lenses that rests on the nose.
- An animal's noseband.
- the link between two lenses; rests on the nose
- a strap that is the part of a bridle that goes over the animal's nose
- armor plate that protects the nose
noun
- The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.
- (geology) The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale.
- (cooking) An unpaid internship in a restaurant where a cook or chef is exposed to new culinary techniques.
- (by extension) One of the portions of a device (such as a rocket or thermonuclear weapon) which are used or activated in a particular order, one after another.
- A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.
- (theater) A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.
- (electronics) The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
- A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.
- A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers; the service that such coaches provide; a company that operates such service.
- A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
- The notional space within which stereo sounds are positioned, determining where they will appear to come from when played back.
- (metonymic, uncountable, with "the") The profession of an actor.
- (Canada, Quebec) An internship.
- A phase.
- (video games) A level; one of the areas making up the game.
- A floor or storey of a house.
- any distinct time period in a sequence of events
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- a section or portion of a journey or course
- a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
- the theater as a profession (usually ‘the stage’)
- a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
- any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something
- a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience
verb
- (transitive, medicine) To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to
- To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
- (intransitive, cooking) To work as an unpaid intern in a restaurant.
- (transitive) To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
- (transitive) To place in position to prepare for use.
- (astronautics) To jettison a spent stage of a multistage rocket or other launch vehicle and light the engine(s) of the stage above it.
- (transitive) To orchestrate; to carry out.
- (intransitive, Canada, US) To work an internship, usually as a chef or waiter.
- plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
- perform (a play), especially on a stage
adj
- visible under a microscope; using a microscope
- Of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal
- of or relating to or used in microscopy
- so small as to be invisible without a microscope
- extremely precise with great attention to details
- Very small; minute
- Able to see extremely minute objects.
- So small that it can only be seen with the aid of a microscope.
- (figurative) Carried out with great attention to detail.
adj
- (used of microscopes) capable of a high degree of magnification
- vigorously energetic or forceful
- (weaponry) Of a weapon, of a caliber or power that exceeds the typical threshold.
- Vigorous and energetic.
- (optics) Of an instrument, capable of great magnification.
- Possessing great physical or political power.
verb
- (microscopy) To prepare (a slide) with a layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.
- (UK, slang, transitive) To lend (a person) money.
- (British, informal, soccer) To replace (a player) with a substitute.
- To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
- (BDSM) To take a submissive role.
- (US, informal) To substitute for.
- (slang, Internet, transitive) To subtitle (usually a film or television program).
- (slang, intransitive) To subscribe.
- (British, informal, soccer, less common, often as "sub on") To bring on (a player) as a substitute.
- (US, informal) To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
- (British) To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
- be a substitute
noun
- (colloquial) Clipping of subcontractor
- (Internet slang) Clipping of subliminal (“an audio or video recording intended to produce physical or psychological changes in the listener”)
- (informal) Clipping of substitute, often in sports or teaching.
- (BDSM, informal) Clipping of submissive
- (computing, programming) Clipping of subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does)
- (British, informal, often in plural) Clipping of subscription (“a payment made for membership of a club, etc.”).
- (publishing, colloquial) Clipping of submission (of a work for publication).
- Abbreviation of submarine.
- (colloquial) Clipping of subeditor
- (colloquial, Internet) Clipping of subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed.
- (slang) Clipping of subwoofer
- Clipping of submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun.
- (colloquial) Clipping of subsistence money, part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished.
- (Internet, informal) Clipping of subtitle
- (Internet slang) Clipping of subreddit.
- (nautical) Clipping of submersible.
- (Philippines, colloquial) Clipping of subject (“particular area of study”)
- a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
prep
noun
verb
verb
- (informal) To examine under a microscope.
- To define the scope of something.
- (programming) To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.
- (birdwatching, informal) To observe a bird using a spotting scope.
- (medicine, colloquial) To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
- (informal, transitive) To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
noun
- (linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
- (programming) The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
- The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.
- (weaponry) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
- (logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
- Potential range of action; degree of freedom; opportunity.
- (medicine, colloquial) Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
- Ellipsis of any word ending in -scope, such as endoscope, periscope, telescope, microscope, oscilloscope, and so on.
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists
- a magnifier of images of distant objects
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
adj
- being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides
- stated explicitly or in detail
- relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species
- (sometimes followed by ‘to’) applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique
- (physics) Of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy).
- (immunology) Limited to a particular antibody or antigen.
- (physics) Similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust)
- (physics) A measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air).
- (sometimes in combination) Special, distinctive or unique.
- (bioscience, taxonomy) Pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species.
- intended for, or applying to, a particular thing.
- Explicit or definite.
- Serving to identify a particular thing (often a disease or condition), with little risk of mistaking something else for it.
- Being a remedy for a particular disease on a deeper level, rather than just masking the symptoms
noun
noun
- (microscopy) Initialism of scanning tunneling microscope.
- (publishing industry) Initialism of scientific, technical, and medicine.
- (cognitive science) Initialism of short-term memory.
- (computing theory) Initialism of software transactional memory.
- (train control) Initialism of specific transmission module.
- (physical therapy) Initialism of soft tissue mobilization.
- what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it
noun
- (microscopy, countable) Initialism of scanning probe microscope.
- (microscopy, uncountable) Initialism of scanning probe microscopy.
- Initialism of subpostmaster.
- (education, Malaysia, countable) Initialism of Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (Malaysian Certificate of Education, certificate for secondary school students in Malaysia)
- (economics, countable) Initialism of supplemental poverty measure.
- (biology, countable) Initialism of suspended particulate matter.
- (electrical engineering, countable) Initialism of surface permanent magnet.
noun
- (sciences, countable) Abbreviation of electron microscope.
- (biology, countable) Initialism of effective microorganism.
- (military) Initialism of enlisted man.
- (criminal justice) Initialism of electronic monitoring.
- (business) Initialism of emerging market.
- (energy) Initialism of energy management.
- (sciences, uncountable) Abbreviation of electron microscopy.
- (education) Initialism of English medium.
- (medicine) Initialism of emergency medicine.
- (uncountable) Initialism of electromagnetism.
adj
adj
- not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides
- (medicine, of a person's immunity) Not caused by previous infection or vaccination, and/or affecting more than one antigen.
- (medicine, of an infection) Not known to be caused by any specific pathogen.
- (medicine, of an antimicrobial) Not specific to one pathogen; affecting multiple strains or species of pathogen.
- (medicine, of a stain in microscopy) That does not just stain one type of tissue.
- (medicine, of a symptom or other finding) Not specific to one possible cause; caused by any of various possible causes.
noun
- (biology) A preparation to be examined under a microscope, made by spreading a thin layer of a substance (such as blood, bacterial culture) on a slide.
- (medicine) A Pap smear (screening test for cervical cancer).
- (climbing) A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact
- (music) A rough glissando in jazz music.
- (radio, television, uncountable) Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.
- (countable, uncountable) A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation.
- A mark made by smearing.
- slanderous defamation
- a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
- a blemish made by dirt
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
verb
- (transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
- (transitive) To rub (a body part, etc.) across a surface.
- (transitive) To make something dirty.
- (transitive) To write or draw (something) by spreading a substance on a surface.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be a particular colour by covering with a substance.
- (transitive) To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.
- (transitive) (of a substance, etc.) To make a surface dirty by covering it.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be messy or not clear by rubbing and spreading it.
- (climbing) To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
- (transitive) To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.
- (intransitive) To become messy or not clear by being spread.
- (transitive, derogatory) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
- cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
- charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
noun
- (microscopy) Acronym of scanning ion microscope.
- (law, England and Wales) Acronym of search of the index map.
- (marketing) Acronym of social influence marketing.
- (computer security) Initialism of security information management.
- (telecommunications) Acronym of Subscriber Identity Module.
- (computing) Clipping of simulation.
- Clipping of SIM card
verb
- To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.
- To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
- (medicine) To perform a cesarean section on (someone).
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand) To commit (a person) to a hospital for mental health treatment as an involuntary patient. So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health.
- divide into segments
noun
- A part of a document, especially a major part; often notated with §.
- (surgery, colloquial) Ellipsis of Caesarean section.
- (music) A group of instruments in an orchestra.
- (Philippines, education) A class in a school; a group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher in a certain school year or semester or school quarter year.
- (geology) A sequence of rock layers.
- (topology) A function that generalizes the notion of the graph of a function; formally, a continuous right inverse to the projection map of a fiber bundle.
- A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
- (botany) A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.
- (zoology) An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.
- An act or instance of cutting.
- (sciences) thin section, a thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.
- (generalizing the topology sense in a different way, sheaf theory) An object which is defined by analogy with sections of fiber bundles but in a more general setting (that of sheaves). Formally, an element of the image of an open set under the action of a (pre-)sheaf.
- (New Zealand) A piece of residential land; a plot.
- (military) A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.
- (aviation) A cross-section perpendicular the longitudinal axis of an aircraft in flight.
- (US, Canada, law and land surveying) Synonym of square mile, a unit of land area, especially in the contexts of Canadian surveys and American land grants and legal property descriptions.
- (surgery) An incision or the act of making an incision.
- A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
- The symbol §, denoting a section of a document.
- A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
- (technology) Angle section, L-section, angle iron, steel angle, slotted angle.
- (archaeology) Archeological section; vertical plane and cross-section of the ground to view its profile and stratigraphy; part of an archeological sequence.
- (generalizing the topology sense, algebra, category theory) A right inverse of a morphism in some category
- one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
- a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class
- (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid
- a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon
- a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people
- a small army unit usually having a special function
- one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
- a segment of a citrus fruit
- a specialized division of a large organization
- a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope
- a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
- a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately
- the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
- a land unit equal to 1 square mile
noun
- (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible
- a soiled or discolored appearance
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
- anything regarded as making something unclean
- a symbol of disgrace or infamy
- A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.
- A blemish on one's character or reputation.
- A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.
- A discolored spot or area caused by spillage or other contact with certain fluids or substances.
- (heraldry) One of a number of non-standard tinctures used chiefly in post-medieval heraldry, especially tenné, murrey, or sanguine.
verb
- color for microscopic study
- make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
- produce or leave stains
- color with a liquid dye or tint
- (transitive) To discolor, as by spilling or other contact with a fluid or substance.
- To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
- To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
- (intransitive) To become stained; to take a stain.
- To coat a surface with a stain
- (transitive, cytology, histology) To treat (a microscopic specimen) with a dye, especially one that dyes specific features
noun
noun
- (sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide.
- (geology) A small dislocation in beds of rock along a line of fissure.
- A lever that can be moved in two directions.
- (Australia, informal) Removable rank insignia worn on epaulettes of army uniform.
- Synonym of slider (“movable part of a zip fastener that opens or closes the row of teeth”).
- A pocket in one's pants (trousers).
- (phonetics) A sound which, by a gradual change in the position of the vocal organs, passes imperceptibly into another sound.
- A clasp or brooch for a belt, etc.
- (baseball) The act of dropping down and skidding into a base
- (photography) A transparent plate bearing an image to be projected to a screen.
- (footwear) A sandal that is backless and open-toed.
- A valve that works by sliding, such as in a trombone.
- (by extension, computing) A page of a computer presentation package such as PowerPoint.
- An inclined plane on which heavy bodies slide by the force of gravity, especially one constructed on a mountainside for conveying logs by sliding them down.
- An item of play equipment that children can climb up and then slide down again.
- (music, guitar) A hand-held device made of smooth, hard material, used in the practice of slide guitar.
- A surface of ice, snow, butter, etc. on which someone can slide for amusement or as a practical joke.
- The act of sliding; smooth, even passage or progress.
- (music) A grace consisting of two or more small notes moving by conjoint degrees, and leading to a principal note either above or below.
- (traditional Irish music and dance) A lively dance from County Kerry, in 12/8 time.
- (vulgar slang) A promiscuous woman, slut.
- The falling of large amounts of rubble, earth and stones down the slope of a hill or mountain; avalanche.
- A mechanism, or portion of one, consisting of a part which slides on or against a guide.
- (speech therapy) A voluntary stutter used as a technique to control stuttering in one's speech.
- a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector
- (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale
- a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
- (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
- plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
- sloping channel through which things can descend
- the act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it
verb
- (transitive) To subtly direct a facial expression at (someone).
- (intransitive) To pass along smoothly or unobservedly; to move gently onward without friction or hindrance.
- (intransitive) To move on a low-friction surface.
- (intransitive, finance) To decrease in amount or value.
- (music) To smoothly pass from one note to another by bending the pitch upwards or downwards.
- (regional) To ride down snowy hills upon a toboggan or similar object for recreation.
- (intransitive, slang) To go; to move from one place or to another.
- (intransitive, baseball) To drop down and skid into a base.
- (transitive) To pass or put imperceptibly; to slip.
- (intransitive) To lose one’s balance on a slippery surface.
- (soccer) To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.
- (ergative) To (cause to) move in continuous contact with a surface.
- to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly
- move smoothly along a surface
- move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner
noun
- The part of a microscope that holds the objectives.
- The outer end or point of a pipe, bellows, etc.
- Anything (originally a piece of armour) that protects the nose.
- The bridge between spectacle lenses that rests on the nose.
- An animal's noseband.
- the link between two lenses; rests on the nose
- a strap that is the part of a bridle that goes over the animal's nose
- armor plate that protects the nose
noun
- The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.
- (geology) The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale.
- (cooking) An unpaid internship in a restaurant where a cook or chef is exposed to new culinary techniques.
- (by extension) One of the portions of a device (such as a rocket or thermonuclear weapon) which are used or activated in a particular order, one after another.
- A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.
- (theater) A platform; a surface, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.
- (electronics) The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
- A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.
- A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers; the service that such coaches provide; a company that operates such service.
- A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
- The notional space within which stereo sounds are positioned, determining where they will appear to come from when played back.
- (metonymic, uncountable, with "the") The profession of an actor.
- (Canada, Quebec) An internship.
- A phase.
- (video games) A level; one of the areas making up the game.
- A floor or storey of a house.
- any distinct time period in a sequence of events
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- a section or portion of a journey or course
- a large coach-and-four formerly used to carry passengers and mail on regular routes between towns
- the theater as a profession (usually ‘the stage’)
- a small platform on a microscope where the specimen is mounted for examination
- any scene regarded as a setting for exhibiting or doing something
- a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience
verb
- (transitive, medicine) To determine what stage (a disease, etc.) has progressed to
- To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
- (intransitive, cooking) To work as an unpaid intern in a restaurant.
- (transitive) To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
- (transitive) To place in position to prepare for use.
- (astronautics) To jettison a spent stage of a multistage rocket or other launch vehicle and light the engine(s) of the stage above it.
- (transitive) To orchestrate; to carry out.
- (intransitive, Canada, US) To work an internship, usually as a chef or waiter.
- plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
- perform (a play), especially on a stage
noun
verb
noun
- (microscopy) Initialism of scanning tunneling microscope.
- (publishing industry) Initialism of scientific, technical, and medicine.
- (cognitive science) Initialism of short-term memory.
- (computing theory) Initialism of software transactional memory.
- (train control) Initialism of specific transmission module.
- (physical therapy) Initialism of soft tissue mobilization.
- what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it
noun
- (microscopy, countable) Initialism of scanning probe microscope.
- (microscopy, uncountable) Initialism of scanning probe microscopy.
- Initialism of subpostmaster.
- (education, Malaysia, countable) Initialism of Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (Malaysian Certificate of Education, certificate for secondary school students in Malaysia)
- (economics, countable) Initialism of supplemental poverty measure.
- (biology, countable) Initialism of suspended particulate matter.
- (electrical engineering, countable) Initialism of surface permanent magnet.
noun
- (sciences, countable) Abbreviation of electron microscope.
- (biology, countable) Initialism of effective microorganism.
- (military) Initialism of enlisted man.
- (criminal justice) Initialism of electronic monitoring.
- (business) Initialism of emerging market.
- (energy) Initialism of energy management.
- (sciences, uncountable) Abbreviation of electron microscopy.
- (education) Initialism of English medium.
- (medicine) Initialism of emergency medicine.
- (uncountable) Initialism of electromagnetism.
adj
noun
- (biology) A preparation to be examined under a microscope, made by spreading a thin layer of a substance (such as blood, bacterial culture) on a slide.
- (medicine) A Pap smear (screening test for cervical cancer).
- (climbing) A maneuver in which the shoe is placed onto the holdless rock, and the friction from the shoe keeps it in contact
- (music) A rough glissando in jazz music.
- (radio, television, uncountable) Any of various forms of distortion that make a signal harder to see or hear.
- (countable, uncountable) A false or unsupported, malicious statement intended to injure a person's reputation.
- A mark made by smearing.
- slanderous defamation
- a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
- a blemish made by dirt
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
verb
- (transitive) To spread (a substance, especially one that colours or is dirty) across a surface by rubbing.
- (transitive) To rub (a body part, etc.) across a surface.
- (transitive) To make something dirty.
- (transitive) To write or draw (something) by spreading a substance on a surface.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be a particular colour by covering with a substance.
- (transitive) To cover (a surface with a layer of some substance) by rubbing.
- (transitive) (of a substance, etc.) To make a surface dirty by covering it.
- (transitive) To cause (something) to be messy or not clear by rubbing and spreading it.
- (climbing) To climb without using footholds, using the friction from the shoe to stay on the wall.
- (transitive) To attempt to remove (a substance) from a surface by rubbing.
- (intransitive) To become messy or not clear by being spread.
- (transitive, derogatory) To damage someone's reputation by slandering, misrepresenting, or otherwise making false accusations about them, their statements, or their actions.
- make a smudge on; soil by smudging
- cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it
- charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone
- stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance
noun
- (microscopy) Acronym of scanning ion microscope.
- (law, England and Wales) Acronym of search of the index map.
- (marketing) Acronym of social influence marketing.
- (computer security) Initialism of security information management.
- (telecommunications) Acronym of Subscriber Identity Module.
- (computing) Clipping of simulation.
- Clipping of SIM card
noun
- (microscopy) a dye or other coloring material that is used in microscopy to make structures visible
- a soiled or discolored appearance
- an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
- anything regarded as making something unclean
- a symbol of disgrace or infamy
- A substance used to soak into a surface and colour it.
- A blemish on one's character or reputation.
- A reagent or dye used to stain microscope specimens so as to make some structures visible.
- A discolored spot or area caused by spillage or other contact with certain fluids or substances.
- (heraldry) One of a number of non-standard tinctures used chiefly in post-medieval heraldry, especially tenné, murrey, or sanguine.
verb
- color for microscopic study
- make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically
- produce or leave stains
- color with a liquid dye or tint
- (transitive) To discolor, as by spilling or other contact with a fluid or substance.
- To cause to seem inferior or soiled by comparison.
- To taint or tarnish someone's character or reputation
- (intransitive) To become stained; to take a stain.
- To coat a surface with a stain
- (transitive, cytology, histology) To treat (a microscopic specimen) with a dye, especially one that dyes specific features
verb
- (microscopy) To prepare (a slide) with a layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.
- (UK, slang, transitive) To lend (a person) money.
- (British, informal, soccer) To replace (a player) with a substitute.
- To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
- (BDSM) To take a submissive role.
- (US, informal) To substitute for.
- (slang, Internet, transitive) To subtitle (usually a film or television program).
- (slang, intransitive) To subscribe.
- (British, informal, soccer, less common, often as "sub on") To bring on (a player) as a substitute.
- (US, informal) To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
- (British) To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
- be a substitute
noun
- (colloquial) Clipping of subcontractor
- (Internet slang) Clipping of subliminal (“an audio or video recording intended to produce physical or psychological changes in the listener”)
- (informal) Clipping of substitute, often in sports or teaching.
- (BDSM, informal) Clipping of submissive
- (computing, programming) Clipping of subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from a function, which does)
- (British, informal, often in plural) Clipping of subscription (“a payment made for membership of a club, etc.”).
- (publishing, colloquial) Clipping of submission (of a work for publication).
- Abbreviation of submarine.
- (colloquial) Clipping of subeditor
- (colloquial, Internet) Clipping of subscription (or (by extension) a subscriber) to an online channel or feed.
- (slang) Clipping of subwoofer
- Clipping of submarine sandwich: a sandwich made on a long bun.
- (colloquial) Clipping of subsistence money, part of a worker's wages paid before the work is finished.
- (Internet, informal) Clipping of subtitle
- (Internet slang) Clipping of subreddit.
- (nautical) Clipping of submersible.
- (Philippines, colloquial) Clipping of subject (“particular area of study”)
- a submersible warship usually armed with torpedoes
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
prep
verb
- (informal) To examine under a microscope.
- To define the scope of something.
- (programming) To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.
- (birdwatching, informal) To observe a bird using a spotting scope.
- (medicine, colloquial) To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
- (informal, transitive) To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
noun
- (linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
- (programming) The region of program source code in which a given identifier is meaningful, or a given object can be accessed.
- The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; the extent of applicability or relevance; a domain, purview or remit.
- (weaponry) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
- (logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
- Potential range of action; degree of freedom; opportunity.
- (medicine, colloquial) Any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
- Ellipsis of any word ending in -scope, such as endoscope, periscope, telescope, microscope, oscilloscope, and so on.
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists
- a magnifier of images of distant objects
- an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:
- electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities
verb
- To reduce to the degree of thinness required for study with the microscope.
- To cut, divide or separate into pieces.
- (medicine) To perform a cesarean section on (someone).
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand) To commit (a person) to a hospital for mental health treatment as an involuntary patient. So called after various sections of legal acts regarding mental health.
- divide into segments
noun
- A part of a document, especially a major part; often notated with §.
- (surgery, colloquial) Ellipsis of Caesarean section.
- (music) A group of instruments in an orchestra.
- (Philippines, education) A class in a school; a group of students in a regularly scheduled meeting with a teacher in a certain school year or semester or school quarter year.
- (geology) A sequence of rock layers.
- (topology) A function that generalizes the notion of the graph of a function; formally, a continuous right inverse to the projection map of a fiber bundle.
- A cross-section (image that shows an object as if cut along a plane).
- (botany) A taxonomic rank below the genus (and subgenus if present), but above the species.
- (zoology) An informal taxonomic rank below the order ranks and above the family ranks.
- An act or instance of cutting.
- (sciences) thin section, a thin slice of material prepared as a specimen for research.
- (generalizing the topology sense in a different way, sheaf theory) An object which is defined by analogy with sections of fiber bundles but in a more general setting (that of sheaves). Formally, an element of the image of an open set under the action of a (pre-)sheaf.
- (New Zealand) A piece of residential land; a plot.
- (military) A group of 10-15 soldiers led by a non-commissioned officer and forming part of a platoon.
- (aviation) A cross-section perpendicular the longitudinal axis of an aircraft in flight.
- (US, Canada, law and land surveying) Synonym of square mile, a unit of land area, especially in the contexts of Canadian surveys and American land grants and legal property descriptions.
- (surgery) An incision or the act of making an incision.
- A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
- The symbol §, denoting a section of a document.
- A cutting; a part cut out from the rest of something.
- (technology) Angle section, L-section, angle iron, steel angle, slotted angle.
- (archaeology) Archeological section; vertical plane and cross-section of the ground to view its profile and stratigraphy; part of an archeological sequence.
- (generalizing the topology sense, algebra, category theory) A right inverse of a morphism in some category
- one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object
- a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class
- (geometry) the area created by a plane cutting through a solid
- a small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon
- a distinct region or subdivision of a territorial or political area or community or group of people
- a small army unit usually having a special function
- one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole
- a segment of a citrus fruit
- a specialized division of a large organization
- a very thin slice (of tissue or mineral or other substance) for examination under a microscope
- a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
- a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately
- the cutting of or into body tissues or organs (especially by a surgeon as part of an operation)
- a land unit equal to 1 square mile
adj
- visible under a microscope; using a microscope
- Of, or relating to microscopes or microscopy; microscopal
- of or relating to or used in microscopy
- so small as to be invisible without a microscope
- extremely precise with great attention to details
- Very small; minute
- Able to see extremely minute objects.
- So small that it can only be seen with the aid of a microscope.
- (figurative) Carried out with great attention to detail.
adj
- (used of microscopes) capable of a high degree of magnification
- vigorously energetic or forceful
- (weaponry) Of a weapon, of a caliber or power that exceeds the typical threshold.
- Vigorous and energetic.
- (optics) Of an instrument, capable of great magnification.
- Possessing great physical or political power.
adj
- being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides
- stated explicitly or in detail
- relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species
- (sometimes followed by ‘to’) applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique
- (physics) Of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy).
- (immunology) Limited to a particular antibody or antigen.
- (physics) Similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust)
- (physics) A measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air).
- (sometimes in combination) Special, distinctive or unique.
- (bioscience, taxonomy) Pertaining to a species, as a taxon or taxa at the rank of species.
- intended for, or applying to, a particular thing.
- Explicit or definite.
- Serving to identify a particular thing (often a disease or condition), with little risk of mistaking something else for it.
- Being a remedy for a particular disease on a deeper level, rather than just masking the symptoms
noun
adj
- not caused by a specific agent; used also of staining in making microscope slides
- (medicine, of a person's immunity) Not caused by previous infection or vaccination, and/or affecting more than one antigen.
- (medicine, of an infection) Not known to be caused by any specific pathogen.
- (medicine, of an antimicrobial) Not specific to one pathogen; affecting multiple strains or species of pathogen.
- (medicine, of a stain in microscopy) That does not just stain one type of tissue.
- (medicine, of a symptom or other finding) Not specific to one possible cause; caused by any of various possible causes.