…an optical instrument used for viewing very small objects, such as mineral samples or animal or plant cells, typically magnified several hundred times…
…a microscope using visible light, typically viewed directly by the eye…
…a microscope with high magnification and resolution, employing electron beams in place of light and using electron lenses…
…an instrument that uses X-rays to produce a magnified image…
…being subjected to critical examination or analysis…
…an electron microscope in which the surface of a specimen is scanned by a beam of electrons that are reflected to form an image…
…a high-resolution microscope using neither light nor an electron beam, but with an ultra-fine tip able to reveal atomic and molecular details of surfaces…
…a form of electron microscope in which an image is derived from electrons which have passed through the specimen, in particular one in which the whole image is formed at once rather than by scanning…
…a rectangular piece of glass on which an object is mounted or placed for examination under a microscope…
…a binocular microscope that gives a relatively low-power stereoscopic view of the subject…
