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LIGHT MICROSCOPE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Microscope consisting of an optical instrument that magnifies the image of an object
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("light microscope" is a kind of...):
microscope (magnifier of the image of small objects)
Meronyms (parts of "light microscope"):
eyepiece; ocular (combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "light microscope"):
binocular microscope (a light microscope adapted to the use of both eyes)
compound microscope (light microscope that has two converging lens systems: the objective and the eyepiece)
hand glass; magnifying glass; simple microscope (light microscope consisting of a single convex lens that is used to produce an enlarged image)
dark-field microscope; ultramicroscope (light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes)
