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[Info excerpt from Wikipedia: ‘…A microscope (M) (from Ancient Greek μικρός (mikrós) ‘small’, and σκοπέω (skopéō) ‘to look (at); examine, inspect’) is a laboratory instrument used to examine objects that are too small to be seen by the naked eye. Microscopy is the science of investigating small objects and structures using a (M) . Microscopic means being invisible to the eye unless aided by a (M) .
There are many types of (M) , and they may be grouped in different ways. One way is to describe the method an instrument uses to interact with a sample and produce images, either by sending a beam of light or electrons through a sample in its optical path, by detecting photon emissions from a sample, or by scanning across and a short distance from the surface of a sample using a probe. The most common (M) (and the first to be invented) is the optical (M) ,….’ ]
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