microscope
microscope
Definition
micro·scope (mī′krə skōp′)
microscope
Synonyms
microscope
n.
Microscopes include: high-powered, compound, photographic, electron, electronic.
microscope
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- dissect: I recently had occasion to examine one of the stereo dissecting microscopes from China.
- polarize: The colors appear under the polarized light microscope that earth scientists use to identify rock crystals.
- polarize: The lenses from an old pair of Polaroid sunglasses may be used to make a simple polarizing microscope.
- scan: The image was taken on a scanning electron microscope.
- tunnel: Space probes, electron tunneling microscopes extend our sensory range.
Preposition: at
- magnification: Expression of P53 was estimated semiquantitatively with the use of a light microscope at a magnification of x 400.
Adjective modifier
- confocal: SCULLY: Actually, it's an image created by what's called a confocal microscope.
- binocular: The float of each sample was studied under a low power binocular microscope.
- inverted: Just prior to his visit, I had acquired a Wild inverted plankton microscope with phase.
- atomic: Using the sharp tip of an atomic force microscope, nanometer-sized holes will be created on various surfaces.
- optical: Using an optical microscope Wembley Stadium would look like a blurred blob.
- stereo: Images were taken using a CCD camera attached to the eyepiece tube of a stereo microscope using a x1 paired objective with no eyepiece.
Modifies a noun
- eyepiece: One spectacle lens is placed in front of the light source and the other is placed on top of the microscope eyepiece.
- slide: The trick is to transfer a sample from the Petri dish to the microscope slide without damaging the structure of the mold.
Noun used with modifier
- electron: Only with the use of an electron microscope are these " ghost " mast cells seen.
- fluorescence: The tutorial initializes with a cut-away schematic diagram of a reflected light fluorescence microscope appearing in the window.
- stereo: Large feathers are easy to study under a hand lens or low power stereo microscope.
- probe: Atomic resolution is possible using electron microscopes and scanning probe microscopes.
- transmission: The image was acquired using electron holography in a field emission gun transmission electron microscope.
- compound: For high power compound microscopes no other adapter is needed.
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