WordNet
n. microscope consisting of an optical instrument that magnifies the image of an object
Usage examples of "light microscope".
Stone turned back to the isolation chamber and removed a glass dish from the light microscope.
The great advantage of the electron microscope was that it could magnify objects far more than the light microscope.
A light microscope, for example, was a small device easily carried by a technician in one hand.
Smears like the ones I had viewed with my light microscope were simply too thick for the electron beam to pass through.
The electrons were then focused by magnets which acted like glass lenses in a light microscope.
Had Sickert applied grease paint to darken his skin, had he temporarily dyed his hair, or had he been wearing adhesives for false mustaches and beards, these substances could be discovered by using a polarized light microscope or chemical analysis or spectrophotofluorometric methods, such as the Omnichrome light, that are available to forensic scientists today.
The last two digits of each are below the resolving power of a light microscope, and eliminating them leaves reported thinnings of 7 and 10 microns.