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What is fine adjustment knob?

What is fine adjustment knob?<br/>

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F. Lopez

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Answered May 11, 2020

It moves the stage slightly to sharpen the image. The fine adjustment knob is the part of the microscope, which allows the image to be viewed on the glass slide to be clearer and sharper. This is the opposite of the coarse adjustment knob.

That knob is used for focusing, but if the viewer only uses that, there is a risk that they will break the glass slide. This knob is important because, without it, some things viewed on the slide will appear blurry and make it difficult for the viewer to examine it.

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Danny R. Glover

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Danny R. Glover, Editor, New York City

Answered Mar 18, 2020

The fine adjustment knob is one of the two knobs that you can expect to find when you are using your microscope. You are going to use the microscope in order to magnify some of the things that you have created. The coarse adjustment knob is something that you can use when you want to make the object that you are viewing seem nearer. You will be using the fine adjustment knob when you want to look into the object that you are viewing in a more precise manner. For example, using the coarse adjustment knob will make the object become nearer, but there is a big possibility that the object will not be clear until you start using the fine adjustment knob.
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F. Hope

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Answered Mar 12, 2020

I feel that this is a keyboard because it says that there are keys, but there are no locks. It is obvious that there are keyboards that will have keys, but they do not have locks. There are a lot of people who need to use keyboards, especially when they need to type different documents.

There are some people who have keyboards whenever they use their laptops or their computers, but there are also some who would need to install other keyboards, especially when they are using their tablets or their smartphones for typing. Keyboards can make creating various documents and even playing games easier.

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G. Horace

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G. Horace, Content Developer, Chicago

Answered Oct 01, 2018

The fine adjustment knob moves the stage up and down to make the specimen you are looking through a microscope sharper. A microscope has 2 knobs - the coarse adjustment knob and the fine adjustment knob. These knobs are used so people can see a closer look of a sample on the glass slide.

The main purpose of the fine adjustment knob is to let you see the specimen clearer and closer as when you only use the coarse adjustment knob for focusing, it can break the glass slide. the course adjustment knob moves the slide in much bigger increments compared to the fine adjustment knob so it should always be used when using the high-power objective.

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M. Kennedy

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M. Kennedy, Web Content Writer, Denver

Answered Sep 20, 2018

This is the part of the microscope that is used in order to make the image that is being viewed on the microscope cleaner. The microscope comes with different items that can improve the magnification of the objects that can be seen. There are times when objects need to be seen more closely.

There are different power objectives with different magnifications for that purpose. The various items of the microscope are all working together in order to provide the magnification that people require. Some microscopes are more advanced and are used professionally. Some even have up to 100x magnification.

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John Smith

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Answered Nov 29, 2016

Moves the stage slightly to sharpen the image
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