Usually means: Magnifies images using visible light.
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  1. optical microscope: Merriam-Webster
  2. optical microscope: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. optical microscope: Wiktionary
  4. optical microscope: Dictionary.com
  5. Optical microscope: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. optical microscope: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. optical microscope: Encyclopedia

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  2. Optical microscope: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  Synonym of light microscope

Similar:
dissecting microscope, light microscope, close-up lens, microscopy, slideglass, microscope, otomicroscope, stereophotomicroscope, photoretinoscope, standard lens, more...

Opposite:
electron microscope

Phrases:
Near-field scanning optical microscope, more...

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Similar:
dissecting microscope, light microscope, close-up lens, microscopy, slideglass, microscope, otomicroscope, stereophotomicroscope, photoretinoscope, standard lens, more...

Opposite:
electron microscope

Phrases:
Near-field scanning optical microscope, more...



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