microprobe
noun
mi·cro·probe
ˈmī-krə-ˌprōb 
: a device for microanalysis that operates by exciting radiation in a minute area of material so that the composition may be determined from the emission spectrum
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Adding an ion microprobe means taking off something else.
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But the University of Hawaii, where Meech is based, had just purchased a new ion microprobe that might be able to do the job.
—Nola Taylor Redd, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2019
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G. Ryan Faith, Wired, 14 Feb. 2020
But the University of Hawaii, where Meech is based, had just purchased a new ion microprobe that might be able to do the job.
—Nola Taylor Redd, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2019
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microprobe
noun
mi·cro·probe
-ˌprōb
: a device for microanalysis that operates by exciting radiation in a minute area or volume of material so that the composition may be determined from the emission spectrum
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