Microscope
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A microscope (mikrós, "small" and skopeîn, "to look" or "see") is an instrument used to see objects that are too small for the naked eye. The science of investigating small objects using such an instrument is called microscopy. Microscopic means invisible to the eye unless aided by a microscope.
There are many types of microscopes, the most common and first to be invented is the optical microscope which uses light to image the sample. Other major types of microscopes are the electron microscope (both the transmission electron microscope and the scanning electron microscope) and the various types of scanning probe microscope.
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See also
- Bright field microscopy
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Confocal microscopy
- Dark field microscopy
- Digital microscope
- Electron Microscope
- Fluorescence interference contrast microscopy
- Fluorescence microscope
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- Laser capture microdissection
- Microscope image processing
- Microscope slide
- Microscopy
- Microscopy laboratory in: A Study Guide to the Science of Botany at Wikibooks
- Optical Microscope
- Phase contrast microscopy
- Telescope
- Timeline of microscope technology
- X-ray microscope
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