Definition of Electron microscope

1. Noun. A microscope that is similar in purpose to a light microscope but achieves much greater resolving power by using a parallel beam of electrons to illuminate the object instead of a beam of light.

Terms within: Electron Gun
Specialized synonyms: Field-emission Microscope
Generic synonyms: Microscope

Medical Definition of Electron microscope

1. A microscope (device used to magnify small objects) which beams electrons at and through the object of interest instead of light beams. Instead of a glass lens to bend the light, a powerful magnet is used to bend the electron beam. The microscope can only be operated in a vacuum. This type of microscope provides the greatest resolution of extremely small details available and has been used to see individual atoms in an object or substance. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Electron Microscope

electron cyclotron emission
electron cyclotron heating
electron diffraction
electron donor
electron gun
electron gun
electron image
electron interferometer
electron interferometry
electron lens
electron lens
electron magneton
electron micrograph
electron microprobe
electron microscope (current term)
electron microscope (current term)
electron microscopic
electron microscopy
electron microscopy
electron multiplier
electron optical axis
electron optical system
electron optics
electron optics
electron orbit
electron paramagnetic resonance
electron paramagnetic resonance
electron probe
electron probe microanalyser
electron probe microanalysis

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