Glossary
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- X-Light series
- A series of spinning disk confocal microscopes produced by CrestOptics, currently in its third iteration (X-Light V3).
- See also: spinning disk confocal microscopy, confocal microscopy
- xenon arc lamp
- A light source used in microscopy that produces light by passing electricity through ionized xenon gas at high pressure. This light source has a more regular spectral output than mercury arc lamps, which exhibit numerous high intensity spectral lines.
- See also: mercury arc lamp, metal-halide arc lamp, light source, illuminator, lamp
- XY magnification
- see lateral magnification
- XY resolution
- see lateral resolution
