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electron microscope
noun
: an electron-optical instrument in which a beam of electrons is used to produce an enlarged image of a minute object
electron microscopist
noun
electron microscopy
noun
Examples of electron microscope in a Sentence
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Here, a tunneling electron microscope image shows a Josephson junction made with alpha-silicon insulator sandwiched between niobium titanium nitrite superconductors, achieving a critical dimension of 210 nanometers.
—Anna Herr, IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2024
Scientists then used an electron microscope to image more than 5,000 slices of the tissue, each of which was only around 30 nanometers thick.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2024
Under an electron microscope, the cells finally gave up their secret: viral particles were evident.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024
Studying his new sample with a powerful electron microscope, Dr. Epstein was able to spot the distinct viral signature of a herpes virus.
—Delthia Ricks, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
At around the same time, the Australian pathologist John Kerr was turning an electron microscope on the cells of rat embryos to make a similar discovery.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024
Leaks and floods destroyed an electron microscope worth $2.5 million used for semiconductor research, and permanently damaged an advanced scale called a Kibble balance.
—Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
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Having access to such tissue allowed researchers to use an electron microscope to look for minute particles.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
Saw-Wai Hla Atomic-scale imaging emerged in the mid-1950s and has been advancing rapidly ever since—so much so, that back in 2008, physicists successfully used an electron microscope to image a single hydrogen atom.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 May 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1932, in the meaning defined above
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in 1932
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“Electron microscope.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electron%20microscope. Accessed 13 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
electron microscope
noun
: an instrument in which a beam of electrons is used to produce an enlarged image of a very small object
Medical Definition
electron microscope
noun
: an electron-optical instrument in which a beam of electrons is used to produce an enlarged image of a minute object
electron microscopist
noun
electron microscopy
noun
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