light microscope

What does light microscope mean?

light microscope means "microscope consisting of an optical instrument that magnifies the image of an object".

Is light microscope a common word?

light microscope is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for light microscope come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.