electron microscopenoun [ C ]
uk/iˌlek.trɒn ˈmaɪ.krə.skəʊp/us/iˌlek.trɑːn ˈmaɪ.krə.skoʊp/a device that sends electrons through objects that are too small to be seen easily, to produce a picture that is more detailed than that produced by ordinary microscopes
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Physics: optics, microscopy & lasers
- chromatic aberration
- converging lens
- diffuse reflection
- dispersion
- field glasses
- focus
- laser-guided
- magnification
- magnifier
- magnify
- magnifying glass
- microscopy
- opera glasses
- optics
- power
- powerful
- reflective
- resolution
- slide
- transparency
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- Doc also needed an electron microscope.
- He set the electron microscope up on that and plugged it in.
- The electron microscope told them that, now that they had the substance isolated and could examine it.