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light microscope

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Noun1.light microscope - microscope consisting of an optical instrument that magnifies the image of an object
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
eyepiece, ocular - combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments
magnifying glass, simple microscope, hand glass - 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"
microscope - magnifier of the image of small objects; "the invention of the microscope led to the discovery of the cell"
dark-field microscope, ultramicroscope - light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes


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The exudate may then be collected and prepared for examination in one of three ways: 1) Draw lesion aspirates into the barrel of the needle with a tuberculin syringe and cap the needle (4); 2) touch a light microscope slide to the vesicle fluid; or 3) touch a 400-mesh, plastic-coated specimen grid directly to the base of the lesion (5).
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While this traditional approach to specimen preparation procedure is satisfactory for producing acceptable matrix microstructures free of preparation artifacts, it is not good for edge preservation, as edges are often rounded and out of focus when viewed with the light microscope.
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Analysis of the light microscope pictures indicated that the degree of dispersion and the particle-size of the dispersed phase (i.
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