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microscope
has definitions from the field of optics
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[ noun ] (optics) magnifier of the image of small objects
Examples "the invention of the microscope led to the discovery of the cell" Used in print (Walter H. Buchsbaum, "Advances in Medical Electronics"...)A completely new insight into living cells and their structure will be possible by use of a new technique which replaces visible_light with ultraviolet_radiation and combines a microscope with a color - TV_system to view the results . These wavelengths are reflected in sequence through the specimen by the rotating mirror ; the specimen is magnified by the microscope . The microscope and orthicon are both selected to operate well into the ultraviolet_spectrum , which means that all lenses must be quartz . Where the microscope under visible_light may show only vague shadows or nothing at_all , ultraviolet_illumination and subsequent translation into a color TV picture reveal a wealth of detail . Related terms magnifier angioscope light_microscope electron_microscope camera_lucida |
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