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Definition of "photomicrograph" []

  • A photograph made through a microscope. Also called microphotograph. (noun)
  • To photograph (an object) through a microscope. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "photomicrograph" in a sentence
  • "The photomicrograph is by Anna33 via wikimedia, released under Creative Commons."
  • "Transmitted-light photomicrograph of a large bubble (b) within pantellerite glass inclusion (g) in quartz (q)."
  • "In addition, he is just plain wrong in places: a photomicrograph is not the same as a microphotograph."