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electron microscope
noun
: an electron-optical instrument in which a beam of electrons is used to produce an enlarged image of a minute object
electron microscopist
noun
electron microscopy
noun
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The whole show was viewed using high-vacuum transmission electron microscopes.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2024
Ruska developed the first electron microscope in 1933, and Binnig and Rohrer developed the scanning tunneling microscope together in 1981.
—Jen Christiansen, Scientific American, 24 Sep. 2024
After this, the team took electron microscope images of each 2D slice, which amounted to a mammoth 1.4 petabytes of data.
—Isabel Fraser, WIRED, 15 Aug. 2024
Nowadays eggs can be scanned with electron microscopes and spectrophotometers; they can be genetically sequenced or scraped of their isotopes for carbon dating; they can be scanned and stored and shared in a digital format.
—Jules Howard, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
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First Known Use
1932, in the meaning defined above
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“Electron microscope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electron%20microscope. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
electron microscope
noun
: an instrument in which a beam of electrons is used to produce an enlarged image of a very small object
Medical Definition
electron microscope
noun
: an electron-optical instrument in which a beam of electrons is used to produce an enlarged image of a minute object
electron microscopist
noun
electron microscopy
noun
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