optical microscope

American  

[ahp-tik-uhl mahy-kruh-skohp] / ˈɑp tɪk əl ˈmaɪ krəˌskoʊp /

noun

plural

optical microscopes

1. a microscope using visible light rather than other forms of radiation such as infrared or x-rays.

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optical microscope Scientific  

1. See under microscope

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Other Word Forms

• optical microscopic adjective
• optical microscopy noun

Example Sentences

Hiroshi Kakinuma, an assistant professor at Tohoku University, and his co-authors developed a new visualization technique harnessing an optical microscope and polyaniline layer.

From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2023

And unlike the quartz discs, which stored data digitally, the nickel sheets can be read using a standard optical microscope, magnified up to 1,000 times.

From The Verge • May 15, 2018

Once back in London, he and Dodd peered at very thin slices of the rocks, first with an optical microscope, then with a laser-based device called a Raman microscope.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2017

The tracks are large and can be visually counted under an optical microscope.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

The molecules are huge; they can be seen with an ordinary optical microscope, and a microscopically visible molecule is a curious-looking object, to say the least.

From Four-Day Planet by Piper, H. Beam