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stereoscopic microscope

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noun

  1. a microscope that produces a three-dimensional image of an object by focusing on the object from slightly different positions in each of two lenses.

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Once the spider is groggy, the milker, peering through a low-power stereoscopic microscope, gently picks it up with metal tweezers that are connected to an electrical supply.

From Time Magazine Archive

At the University of Arizona's Steward Observatory, Timothy Spahr, 26, peered through a stereoscopic microscope, shook his head and looked again.

From Time Magazine Archive

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