Term
|
Definition
| Describes a microscope with two eyepieces. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The lens system under the microscope stage that collects light rays from the base illuminator and focuses them onto the specimen. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The thickness of a specimen that is entirely in focus under a microscope. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The upper lens of a compound microscope, into which the viewer looks. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The area of the specimen that can be seen after it is magnified. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| An instrument that links a microscope to a spectrophotometer. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Describes a microscope with one eyepiece. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The lower lens of a compound microscope; it is positioned directly over the specimen. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Describes a microscope such that when an image is focused with one objective in position, the other objective can be rotated into place and the field will remain in focus. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Light confined to a single plane of vibration. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A device that permits the passage of light waves vibrating in only one plane. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| An image that can be seen directly by the naked eye. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Light that passes up from the condenser and through the specimen; it is used to examine transparent specimens. |
|
|
Term
| Vertical or Reflected Illumination |
|
Definition
| Illumination of a specimen from above; it is used to examine opaque specimens. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| An image that cannot be seen directly, but can be seen only by a viewer looking through a lens. |
|
|
