light microscope
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of light microscope
First recorded in 1940–45
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Using electron microscopy, which can reveal structures far too small to see with an ordinary light microscope, the team examined the surfaces of the buried materials.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
A camera connected to a light microscope records the fossils, and the color information is converted into an average gray scale value.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
One of the most poignant moments of this was when we were having trouble visualizing the plastics using a light microscope.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2025
A light microscope is used to view the details of the surface of a cell as it cannot be viewed in detail by the transmission microscope.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
A light microscope is a standard microscope that uses lenses to focus light.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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