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Stigmator

Okay kiddo, have you ever played with a magnifying glass? When you hold it over something, it makes it look bigger, right? A stigmator is kind of like a magnifying glass, but for really, really tiny things that you can't see with your eyes.

See, when we want to look at things that are super small, like tiny particles or cells, we use something called an electron microscope. But when we look at these tiny things, sometimes they don't look very sharp and clear - they look blurry. That's where the stigmator comes in.

The stigmator is a little device that helps us make the blurry images look sharper and clearer. It does this by adjusting some of the tiny particles inside the electron microscope. Kind of like when a camera has trouble focusing and you have to turn the lens to get a clear picture.

So basically, a stigmator is a tool that helps scientists see super small things more clearly. Isn't that cool?
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