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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. -
field-ion microscope
a device in which the atomic structure of the surface of a conductor is made visible by introducing helium gas into the device and applying a high voltage to ionize and accelerate the gas toward a fluorescent screen. -
objective
something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive. -
phase microscope
a microscope that utilizes the phase differences of light rays transmitted by different portions of an object to create an image in which the details of the object are distinct despite their near-uniformity of refractive index. -
comparison microscope
a microscope having two objective lenses and using a system of prisms to form in one eyepiece adjacent images of two different objects. -
compound microscope
an instrument for magnifying small objects, consisting of a lens of short focal length for forming an image that is further magnified by a second lens of longer focal length