LIGHT MICROSCOPE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Microscope consisting of an optical instrument that magnifies the image of an object

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("light microscope" is a kind of...):

microscope (magnifier of the image of small objects)

Meronyms (parts of "light microscope"):

eyepiece; ocular (combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "light microscope"):

binocular microscope (a light microscope adapted to the use of both eyes)

compound microscope (light microscope that has two converging lens systems: the objective and the eyepiece)

hand glass; magnifying glass; simple microscope (light microscope consisting of a single convex lens that is used to produce an enlarged image)

dark-field microscope; ultramicroscope (light microscope that uses scattered light to show particles too small to see with ordinary microscopes)