Microscopes & Magnification

a lens made of a combination of different types of glass to prevent color distortions of the image

• Achromatic Lens
• Concave Lens
• Convex Lens
• Objective Lens

a microscope with two lenses or sets of lenses

• Optical Microscope
• Electron Microscope
• Compound Microscope
• Simple Microscope

a lens that is thicker at the edges and thinner in the middle

• Convex Lens
• Macroscopic Lens
• Invisible Lens
• Concave Lens

a lens that is thicker in the middle and thinner on the edges

• Concave Lens
• Refraction Lens
• Convex Lens
• Digital Lens

a microscope that uses a stream of electrons to form magnified images of objects

• Optical Microscope
• Electron Microscope
• Compound Microscope
• Simple Microscope

the distance between a lens and its focal point

• Focal Length
• Microscopic
• Electron
• Refraction

curved piece of glass or other transparent material used to enhance vision in eyeglasses, microscopes or telescopes

• Electron
• Lens

electromagnetic radiation that is visible to the eye

• Light
• Xray

large enough to be perceived or examined with the unaided eye

• Macroscopic
• Microscopic

too small to be seen by the unaided eye, but large enough to be studied under a microscope

• Microscopic
• Macroscopic