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Microscope vs Microscopium - What's the difference?

microscope | microscopium |

As a noun microscope

is an optical instrument used for observing small objects.

As a proper noun Microscopium is

a faint constellation of the southern spring sky, said to resemble a microscope. It lies south of the constellation of Capricornus.

microscope

Noun

(en noun)
  • An optical instrument used for observing small objects.
  • Any instrument for imaging very small objects (such as an electron microscope).
  • See also

    * magnifying glass * telescope

    microscopium

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (constellation) A faint constellation of the southern spring sky, said to resemble a microscope. It lies south of the constellation of Capricornus.
  • Derived terms

    * Microscopii