Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MI-CROM'E-TER
MI-CROG'RA-PHYMI-CRO-MET'RIC-AL
MI-CROM'E-TER, n. [Gr. μικρος, small, and μετρον, measure.]
An instrument for measuring small objects or spaces, by the help of which, the apparent magnitude a objects viewed through the microscope or telescope, is measured with great exactness. Encyc.
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