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microscope
magnifier of the image of small objects
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scope, telescope
a magnifier of images of distant objects
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angioscope
a modified microscope used to study capillary vessels
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astronomical telescope
any telescope designed to collect and record electromagnetic radiation from cosmic sources
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collimator
a small telescope attached to a large telescope to use in setting the line of the larger one
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electron microscope
a microscope that is similar in purpose to a light microscope but achieves much greater resolving power by using a parallel beam of electrons to illuminate the object instead of a beam of light
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equatorial
a telescope whose mounting has only two axes of motion, one parallel to the Earth's axis and the other one at right angles to it
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light microscope
microscope consisting of an optical instrument that magnifies the image of an object
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solar telescope
a telescope designed to make observations of the sun
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transit instrument
a telescope mounted on an axis running east and west and used to time the transit of a celestial body across the meridian
