FIELD-EMISSION MICROSCOPE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does field-emission microscope mean?

• FIELD-EMISSION MICROSCOPE (noun)
The noun FIELD-EMISSION MICROSCOPE has 1 sense:

1. electron microscope used to observe the surface structure of a solid

Familiarity information: FIELD-EMISSION MICROSCOPE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FIELD-EMISSION MICROSCOPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Electron microscope used to observe the surface structure of a solid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("field-emission microscope" is a kind of...):

electron microscope (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)

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