Microscope

A microscope (Greek: micron = small and scopos = aim) is an instrument for viewing objects that are too small to be seen by the naked or unaided eye. The science of investigating small objects using such an instrument is called microscopy, and the term microscopic means minute or very small, not easily visible with the unaided eye. In other words, requiring a microscope to examine.

Other types of microscopes

See also microscopy

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• Atom probe
• Atomic force microscope
• Darkfield microscope
• Electron microscope
• Field ion microscope
• Field emission microscope
• Phase contrast microscope, see Frits Zernike
• Scanning tunneling microscope
• Virtual microscope
• X-ray microscope
• Total internal reflection fluorescence microscope
• Confocal laser scanning microscopy