optical microscopy

oldest form of microscopy, using visible light to view samples and objects that cannot be seen with the unaided eye
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optical microscopy

Summary

optical microscopy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • optical microscopy's subclass of is recorded as microscopy[2].
  • optical microscopy's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph138685[3].
  • optical microscopy's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300379532[4].
  • optical microscopy's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/light-microscopy[5].
  • optical microscopy's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C17995[6].
  • optical microscopy's different from is recorded as atomic force microscopy[7].
  • optical microscopy's uses is recorded as optical microscope[8].
  • optical microscopy's YSO ID is recorded as 27501[9].
  • optical microscopy's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/MI_0426[10].
  • optical microscopy's exact match is recorded as http://edamontology.org/topic_3385[11].
  • optical microscopy's SNOMED CT ID is recorded as 104157003[12].
  • optical microscopy's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 62497[13].
  • optical microscopy's Biological Imaging Methods Ontology ID is recorded as 00000345[14].

Why It Matters

optical microscopy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . vocab.getty.edu. vocab.getty.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] . YSO-Wikidata mapping project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of microscopy
    Edam ontology id topic_3385
    Uses
    Uses optical microscope
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