Multiple choice

Depth of field in a compound light microscope, refers

  1. to the thinness of the plane of focus

  2. to the thickness of the plane of focus

  3. to the width between two planes of focus

  4. to the highest magnification

  5. to the lowest magnification
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Explanation

Depth of field refers to the thickness of the plane of focus. With a large depth of field, all of the threads can be in focused at the same time. With a smaller or narrower depth of field, only one thread or a part of one thread can be focused, everything else will be out of focus.

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