ELECTRON MICROSCOPE


Meaning of ELECTRON MICROSCOPE in English

a microscope of extremely high power that uses beams of electrons focused by magnetic lenses instead of rays of light, the magnified image being formed on a fluorescent screen or recorded on a photographic plate: its magnification is substantially greater than that of any optical microscope.

[ 1930-35 ]

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