ELECTRON MICROSCOPE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electron microscope mean? 

• ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (noun)
  The noun ELECTRON MICROSCOPE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: ELECTRON MICROSCOPE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("electron microscope" is a kind of...):

microscope (magnifier of the image of small objects)

Meronyms (parts of "electron microscope"):

electron gun (the electrode that is the source of electrons in a cathode-ray tube or electron microscope; consists of a cathode that emits a stream of electrons and the electrostatic or electromagnetic apparatus that focuses it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electron microscope"):

field-emission microscope (electron microscope used to observe the surface structure of a solid)

 Context examples 

An instrument that combines the use of a focused beam of gallium ions to etch or coat a sample with a scanning electron microscope to image the sample.

(Focused Ion Beam-Scanning Electron Microscope, NCI Thesaurus)

In pathology, the specific appearance of cells and tissues (normal and abnormal) under the light or electron microscope.

(Morphology, NCI Thesaurus)

A transmission electron microscope that is designed to allow the scientist to both introduce various gases into and change the temperature of the specimen environment.

(Environmental Transmission Electron Microscope, NCI Thesaurus)

An electron microscope shows tiny details better than any other type of microscope.

(Electron microscope, NCI Dictionary)

Inspection of objects or surfaces requiring magnification using an electron microscope.

(Device Electron Microscopy Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

Engineer Kathryn Grandfield helped the team verify the effectiveness of the surface by capturing electron microscope images showing that virtually no bacteria could transfer to the new surface.

(Scientists Create Superbug-Resistant Self-Cleaning Surface, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)