microscope | | |
n. (artifact) | 1. microscope | magnifier of the image of small objects.; "the invention of the microscope led to the discovery of the cell" |
| ~ angioscope | a modified microscope used to study capillary vessels. |
| ~ camera lucida | an optical device consisting of an attachment that enables an observer to view simultaneously the image and a drawing surface for sketching it. |
| ~ electron microscope | a microscope that is similar in purpose to a light microscope but achieves much greater resolving power by using a parallel beam of electrons to illuminate the object instead of a beam of light. |
| ~ light microscope | microscope consisting of an optical instrument that magnifies the image of an object. |
| ~ magnifier | a scientific instrument that magnifies an image. |
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