ALL meanings of electron microscope
- countable noun electron microscope An electron microscope is a type of very powerful microscope that uses electrons instead of light to produce a magnified image of something. 0
- noun electron microscope a powerful type of microscope that uses electrons, rather than light, and electron lenses to produce a magnified image 0
- noun electron microscope an instrument that focuses a beam of electrons on an object, using electric or magnetic fields, to form an enlarged image of the object on a fluorescent screen, photographic plate, or cathode-ray tube; specif., such an instrument in which the beam of electrons passes directly through an extremely thin object and forms a two-dimensional image: it is much more powerful than any optical microscope 0
- noun electron microscope Any of several forms of microscope that use a beam of electrons, rather than one of light, and thus has a much greater resolving power. 0