MICROSCOP GLOSSARY S-Z

Semi-Plan Lens to Zoom

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Semi-Plan lens

Semi-plan lenses show sharper images and less aberration in the outer edge of the lens. A step up from achromatic lenses.

Slide

A flat glass or plastic plate that transparent specimens are placed on.

Slip Clutch

A mechanical device that protects the focusing system of the microscope.

Stage

The flat plate where the specimen is placed for observation.

Stereo microscope

A microscope with separate optical channels for each eye (both eyepieces and objective lenses) that allows viewing of specimens in three dimensions.

Trinocular microscope

A binocular microscope with a third viewing port. The third port can be used for an instructor to view the specimen, or be used with a camera.

Turret

Also called the nosepiece, the part of the microscope that holds the objective lenses.

Working Distance

The distance between the specimen the objective lens. This dictates the allowable movement of the objective.

Zoom

A lens that provides variable magnification levels while maintaining focus.

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  • "We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the apparent enormities of the present." - Victor Hugo

  • "A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones." - Lord Chesterfield

  • "Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope." - Josh Billings