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simple microscope
(encz) | simple microscope, n: |
Simple microscope
(gcide) | Microscope \Mi"cro*scope\, n. [Micro- + -scope.]
An optical instrument, consisting of a lens, or combination
of lenses, for making an enlarged image of an object which is
too minute to be viewed by the naked eye.
[1913 Webster]
Compound microscope, an instrument consisting of a
combination of lenses such that the image formed by the
lens or set of lenses nearest the object (called the
objective) is magnified by another lens called the ocular
or eyepiece.
Oxyhydrogen microscope, and Solar microscope. See under
Oxyhydrogen, and Solar.
Simple microscope, or Single microscope, a single convex
lens used to magnify objects placed in its focus.
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simple microscope
(wn) | simple microscope
n 1: light microscope consisting of a single convex lens that is
used to produce an enlarged image; "the magnifying glass
was invented by Roger Bacon in 1250" [syn: hand glass,
simple microscope, magnifying glass] |
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