electron microscopicadj.
/ᵻˌlɛktrɒn ˌmʌɪkrəˈskɒpɪk/, U.S. /əˌlɛkˌtrɑn ˌmaɪkrəˈskɑpɪk/, /iˌlɛkˌtrɑn ˌmaɪkrəˈskɑpɪk/ Made using an electron microscope; relating to or involving the use of an electron microscope.
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screw-barrel1746
multocular1856
microspectroscopic1871
orthostereoscopic1892
electron microscopic1933
phase contrast1934
trinocular1960
1933 Chem. Abstr. 27 5631 (heading) Electron microscopic images from secondary electrons.
1955 C. C. Selby in R. C. Mellors Analyt. Cytol. 6/22 There are more published photographs of this tissue than of any other in the electron microscopic literature.
1987 Avian Dis. 31 918/2 Transmission electron microscopic examination of neoplastic tissue revealed two neoplastic cell types.
2005 Food Control 16 747 (title) Scanning electron microscopic investigation of different types of necroses in potato tubers.
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eˌlectron microˈscopical adj. [ < electron n.2 + microscopical adj., after electron microscope n.]
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1940 Rep. Progress Physics 7 126 The size of a virus is beyond the resolving power of light-microscopes, but it is clearly observed in electron-microscopical pictures.
1974 J. B. Finean et al. Membranes & Cellular Functions iv. 69 Electronmicroscopical evidence suggests that during this process a fat droplet becomes closely surrounded by a part of the plasma membrane of the secreting cell.
1998 New Scientist 1 Aug. 88/1 (advt.) The work involves light and electron microscopical analysis of the molecular composition of the nervous system.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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