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A rock showing under the microscope the structure of a graphic granite (pegmatite). -- Mi`cro*peg`ma*tit"ic, a.

uced by throwing upon a sensitive plate the magnified image of an object formed by a microscope or other suitable combination of lenses.

Pertaining to microscopy, or to the use of the microscope. Huxley.

Of or pertaining to the microscope or to microscopy; made with a microscope; as, microscopic observation.

By the microscope; with minute inspection; in a microscopic manner.

The use of the microscope; investigation with the microscope.

Limited in scope or effects; as, a reformation of a moderate kind. Hooker.

Adapted to be used with only one eye at a time; as, a monocular microscope.

worn in ancient times. Shak. -- Naked eye, the eye alone, unaided by glasses, or by telescope, microscope, or the like. -- Naked-eyed medusa. (Zoöl.) See Hydromedusa. -- Naked flooring (Carp.), the timberwork which supports a floor. Gwilt. -- Naked mollusk (Zoöl.), a nudibranch. -- Naked wood (Bot.), a large rham…

Contracted; of limited scope; illiberal; bigoted; as, a narrow mind; narrow views. "A narrow understanding." Macaulay.

Of narrow mental scope; illiberal; mean. -- Nar"row-mind`ed*ness, n.

nly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to indicate his future destinies; a horoscope. The Nativity, the birth or birthday of Christ; Christmas day. -- To cast, or calculate, one's nativity (Astrol.), to find out and represent the position of the heavenly bodies at the time of one's birth.…

derived from, the creation, or the world of matter and mind, as known by man; within the scope of human reason or experience; not supernatural; as, a natural law; natural science; history, theology. I call that natural religion which men might know ... by the mere principles of reason, improved by consideration and ex…

True nebulæ are gaseous; but very distant star clusters often appear like them in the telescope.

, most frequently, to the mathematical theory of universal gravitation. -- Newtonian telescope (Astron.), a reflecting telescope, in which rays from the large speculum are received by a plane mirror placed diagonally in the axis, and near the open end of the tube, and thrown at right angles toward one side of the tube…

n a series of groups of different closeness of line, and used to test the power of a microscope.

ssinger -- Nose piece, the nozzle of a pipe, hose, bellows, etc.; the end piece of a microscope body, to which an objective is attached. -- To hold, put, or bring one's nose to the grindstone. See under Grindstone. -- To lead by the nose, to lead at pleasure, or to cause to follow submissively; to lead blindly, as a…

n rouleaux, like piles of coins, as when a drop of human blood is examined under the microscope.

transitive verb. Object glass, the lens, or system of lenses, placed at the end of a telescope, microscope, etc., which is toward the object. Its office is to form an image of the object, which is then viewed by the eyepiece. Called also objective. See Illust. of Microscope. -- Object lesson, a lesson in which object…

The eyepiece of an optical instrument, as of a telescope or microscope.