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Microscopy The website www.rifelabs.com/glossary.html defines microscopy as the science of studying a subject under a microscope, the subject being a minute object too small to otherwise be seen by the naked eye. The microscope is vital instrument in Cell Biology, since the human eye has a resolving power of 1/10 of a millimetre. Resolution The diameter of the ekaryotic cell varies from 10 - 30 µm (micrometers), and even smaller in the prokaryotic cells, this size is not visible by the naked eye, therefore microscopes are used to provide a better resolution. "Resolving power (resolution *) is the measure of the capacity to distinguish one another; it is the minimum distance that must be between two objects for them to be perceived as separate object." Magnification It is the number of times larger an image is compared with the real size of the object. It can be calculate using the formula below: Magnification = size of...

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