ALL meanings of ultramicroscope
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U u - noun ultramicroscope an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope. 1
- noun ultramicroscope a microscope used for studying colloids, in which the sample is strongly illuminated from the side and colloidal particles are seen as bright points on a dark background 0
- noun ultramicroscope an instrument equipped to pick up the reflections of light rays dispersed by ultramicroscopic objects lighted from the side and against a dark background, thus making them visible: used esp. in the study of colloidal particles 0