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  2. Microscopy - Wikipedia

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    The single lens with its attachments, or the system of lenses and imaging equipment, along with the appropriate lighting equipment, sample stage, and support, makes up the basic light microscope. The most recent development is the digital microscope, which uses a CCD camera to focus on the exhibit of interest. The image is shown on a computer ...

  3. Interferometric microscopy - Wikipedia

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    In interferometric microscopy, the image of a micro-object is synthesized numerically as a coherent combination of partial images with registered amplitude and phase. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] For registration of partial images, a conventional holographic set-up is used with a reference wave, as is usual in optical holography .

  4. Microscopic scale - Wikipedia

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    The shape and texture in each individual grain is made visible through the microscope. [7] As the microscopic scale covers any object that cannot be seen by the naked eye, yet is visible under a microscope, the range of objects that fall under this scale can be as small as an atom, visible underneath a transmission electron microscope. [8]

  5. Optical microscope - Wikipedia

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    The optical microscope, also referred to as a light microscope, is a type of microscope that commonly uses visible light and a system of lenses to generate magnified images of small objects. Optical microscopes are the oldest design of microscope and were possibly invented in their present compound form in the 17th century.

  6. Macroscopic scale - Wikipedia

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    Daily experiences of matter and the Universe are characterized by very low energy. For example, the photon energy of visible light is about 1.8 to 3.2 eV. Similarly, the bond-dissociation energy of a carbon-carbon bond is about 3.6 eV. This is the energy scale manifesting at the macroscopic level, such as in chemical reactions

  7. Glossary of physics - Wikipedia

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    When unpolarized light is incident at this angle, the light that is reflected is consequently perfectly polarized. british thermal unit (btu) An Imperial unit of energy defined as the amount of energy needed to heat one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit; 1 btu is equal to about 1,055 joules. In scientific contexts the btu has largely been ...

  8. Astronomical system of units - Wikipedia

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    The speed of light in IAU is the defined value c 0 = 299 792 458 m/s of the SI units. In terms of this speed, the old definition of the astronomical unit of length had the accepted value: [3] 1 au = c 0 τ A = (149 597 870 700 ± 3) m, where τ A is the transit time of light across the astronomical

  9. International System of Units - Wikipedia

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    The systems formalised the concept of a collection of related units called a coherent system of units. In a coherent system, base units combine to define derived units without extra factors. [4]: 2 For example, using meters per second is coherent in a system that uses meter for length and seconds for time, but kilometre per hour is not coherent.