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| compound light microscope | an instrument that magnifies small objects so they can be seen easily using two ore more lenses |
| transmission electron microscope | a powerful microscope that uses a beam of electrons to pass through a specimen producing a thin slice image of the insides of the organism |
| magnification | the increase of an object’s apparent size |
| scanning electron microscope | a powerful microscope that uses a beam of electrons to produce a 3D image of the surface of the specimen aka Scanning electron microscope |
| nosepiece | the part of the microscope that holds and rotates the objectives |
| objective lens | the lens that light passes through that enlarges the image of the specimen |
| ocular lens | the eyepiece that magnifies the image 10x |
| power of magnification | in a microscope, the largest value of enlargement |
| resolution | the clarity of an object, how clear you can see the details |
| stage | the part of the microscope that holds the slide |
