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the word microscope is a combination of two words,"micro" and "scope" what does "micro" and "scope" mean?​

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Microscope is the combination of two words; "micro" meaning small and "scope" meaning view. Early microscopes, like Leeuwenhoek's, were called simple because they only had one lens. Simple scopes work like magnifying glasses that you have seen and/or used.

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Early microscopes, like Leeuwenhoek's, were called simple because they only had one lens. Simple scopes work like magnifying glasses that you have seen and/or used.

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an optical instrument used for viewing very small objects such as mineral samples or animal or plant cells typically magnified several hundred times
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