light microscope
Noun
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Noun
light microscope (plural light microscopes)
- A scientific instrument which provides a magnified view of very small objects that are illuminated with visible light which then passes through optical lenses.
- 1942 Dec. 14, "[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,774115,00.html Science: Seeing by Electron Waves]," Time (retrieved 25 Aug 2015):
- A big world beyond the limits of the ordinary light microscope now lies open to exploration.
- 1982 Oct. 19, Harold M. Schmeck Jr., "Chemistry prize goes for research into intimate details of virus structure ↗," New York Times (retrieved 25 Aug 2015):
- [M]acromolecular assemblies. . ., which include viruses, are too large to study by conventional X-ray diffraction methods, but too small to be seen under a light microscope.
- 2011 March 2, Steve Connor, "‘Limitless’ microscope to aid virus research ↗," Independent (UK) (retrieved 25 Aug 2015):
- Unlike the most powerful electron microscopes—which can see down to the scale of individual molecules—or fluorescent-based microscopes—which rely on the use of coloured dyes—the new light microscope does not need to interfere in any way with the living material it is used to study.
- 1942 Dec. 14, "[http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,774115,00.html Science: Seeing by Electron Waves]," Time (retrieved 25 Aug 2015):
- LM, optical microscope
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