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A microscope (Greek: micron = small and scopos = aim) is an instrument for viewing objects that are too small to be seen by the naked or unaided eye. The science of investigating small objects using such an instrument is called microscopy, and the term microscopic means minute or very small, not easily visible with the unaided eye. In other words, requiring a microscope to examine.
The most common type of microscope—and the first to be invented—is the optical microscope. This is an optical instrument containing one or more lenses that produce an enlarged image of an object placed in the focal plane of the lens(es).
Simple optical microscope
A simple microscope, as opposed to a standard compound microscope (see below) with multiple lenses, is a microscope that uses only one lens for magnification. Van Leeuwenhoek's microscopes consisted of a single, small, convex lens mounted on a plate with a mechanism to hold the material to be examined (the sample or specimen). This use of a single, convex lens to magnify objects for viewing is still found in the magnifying glass, the hand-lens, and the loupe. More on [ Microscope ]
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@stanthemanmarsh Mhm. scientists'll look up from their microscopes and say 'yes. dicks scientifically make the world spin.' Sweet.
ihearttitties (Kenny McCormick) Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:04:09 -0000
@stanthemanmarsh Mhm. scientists'll look up from their microscopes and say 'yes. dicks scientifically make the world spin.' Sweet.
I like looking through microscopes at things that aren't in the real world. #shitmydadsays
Victoria_alice (Victoria) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:19:47 -0000
I like looking through microscopes at things that aren't in the real world. #shitmydadsays
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Ultimate practical innovation in health Sc will be microscopes embedded at all imp intersections in human body to control needful traffic.
Youdhvir (Youdhvir Singh) Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:05:53 -0000
Ultimate practical innovation in health Sc will be microscopes embedded at all imp intersections in human body to control needful traffic.
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