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FIELD-EMISSION MICROSCOPE
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I. (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)