immersion oil

immersion oil
immersion oil n oil that is used with an oil-immersion lens

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  • Immersion lens — Immersion Im*mer sion, n. [L. immersio; cf. F. immersion.] 1. The act of immersing, or the state of being immersed; a sinking within a fluid; a dipping; as, the immersion of Achilles in the Styx. [1913 Webster] 2. Submersion in water for the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Oil cooling — refers to a process whereby heat is displaced from a hotter object, into a cooler oil and is the principle behind oil cooler devices. The oil carrying the displaced heat usually passes through a cooling unit such as a radiator or less commonly a… …   Wikipedia

  • oil-immersion objective — oil immersion objective. См. иммерсионный объектив. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • immersion lens — n OIL IMMERSION LENS * * * see under objective …   Medical dictionary

  • immersion objective — noun see immersion lens * * * Optics. a microscope objective of high resolving power in which the space between the front lens and the cover glass is filled with an oil whose index of refraction is close to that of the objective and the cover… …   Useful english dictionary

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