light microscope
Noun
Meaning
microscope consisting of an optical instrument that magnifies the image of an object
Source: WordNetSynonyms
optical microscope
microscope
electron microscope
ultramicroscopic
lm
compound microscope
bright field
light microscopy
light microscopic
using light
optical microscopy
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
magnifying glass
hand glass
simple microscope
compound microscope
dark-field microscope
binocular microscope
Examples
The light microscope opened the first gate to microcosm. The electron microscope opened the second gate to microcosm. What will we find opening the third gate?
Small bodies, about half a micron in diameter, and later referred to under the name of 'mitochondria' were detected under the light microscope as early as 1894.