mõõtevaldkond, kus mikroskoope kasutatakse objektide ja objektide alade vaatamiseks, mida palja silmaga ei näe (objektid, mis ei jää normaalse silma lahutusulatusse) ja neid iseloomustavate suuruste mõõtmiseks
technical field of using microscopes to view objects and areas of objects that cannot be seen with the naked eye (objects that are not within the resolution range of the normal eye)
There are three well-known branches of microscopy: optical, electron, and scanning probe microscopy, along with the emerging field of X-ray microscopy.