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    LIGHT MICROSCOPE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Microscope consisting of an optical instrument that magnifies the image of an objectplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("light microscope" is a kind of...):

    microscope (magnifier of the image of small objects)

    Meronyms (parts of "light microscope"):

    eyepiece; ocular (combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "light microscope"):

    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)

    hand glass; magnifying glass; simple microscope (light microscope consisting of a single convex lens that is used to produce an enlarged image)

    dark-field microscope; ultramicroscope (light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes)

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