Objective Properties
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Terms
Term Reference
6 terms| Term | Description | |
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| Immersion Media | The material filling the gap between the objective front element and the sample or coverslip. The immersion medium's ref... | |
| Magnification | The ratio of image size to object size. In microscopy, total magnification is the product of objective and eyepiece (or ... | |
| Numerical Aperture | A dimensionless measure of the objective's ability to gather light and resolve detail, defined as NA = n × sin(θ)... | |
| Objective Transmittance | The percentage of incident light that passes through the objective at different wavelengths. Critical for near-infrared ... | |
| Water Dipping Objective | An objective designed to be dipped directly into aqueous solution without a coverslip, providing the combination of high... | |
| Working Distance | The distance between the front element of the objective and the sample surface when in focus. Working distance is critic... |