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mechanical stage

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mechanical stage [mi′kan·ə·kəl ′stāj]
(engineering)
A stage on a microscope provided with a mechanical device for positioning or changing the position of a slide.


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To create patterns on a surface, the plate under the silicon wafer is mounted on a computer-controlled mechanical stage.
Today's microscopes contain the same elements of 100 years ago: light source, slide, stage, mechanical stage, objective lens to form image and supply initial magnification, and eyepiece to remagnify and focus the image onto the eye.
A standard trinocular video port, field and aperture diaphragms and a co-axial mechanical stage travel of 4.
 
 
 
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