LIGHT MICROSCOPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does light microscope mean? 

• LIGHT MICROSCOPE (noun)
  The noun LIGHT MICROSCOPE has 1 sense:

1. microscope consisting of an optical instrument that magnifies the image of an object

  Familiarity information: LIGHT MICROSCOPE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIGHT MICROSCOPE (noun)

Sense 1

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)

 Context examples 

Following localization via the antibody, the peroxidase is reacted with a corresponding substrate to produce a product which can be seen with a light microscope.

(Immunoperoxidase Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)

There are specific protein associated with subtype of cell junctions and most of the junctions are too small to be resolved by light microscope.

(Cell Junction, NCI Thesaurus)

A cell with empty-appearing cytoplasm when viewed with a light microscope.

(Clear cell, NCI Thesaurus)

Results are interpreted using a light microscope and aid in the differential diagnosis of pathophysiological processes, which may or may not be associated with a particular antigen.

(Immunohistochemistry Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)

The chromosomes are highly condensed at this stage of cell division and are visible under a light microscope. (From the journal Nature-Glossary).

(Metaphase Spread, NCI Thesaurus)

A method of measuring the number of cells in a sample by placing the cells in a fluid and passing them, in a stream, through a special light microscope that can record and analyze images of the cells (presence of foreign particles, cell counts, protein aggregates, morphology information).

(Flow Microscopy, NCI Thesaurus)