mechanical stage

mechanical stage
mechanical stage n a stage on a compound microscope equipped with a mechanical device for moving a slide lengthwise and crosswise or for registering the slide's position by vernier for future exact repositioning

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a platform of a microscope by which the specimen being viewed can be moved in either of two mutually perpendicular directions.

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