field-emission microscope

[ feeld-i-mish-uhn ]

noun
  1. a device in which electrons liberated by field emission are accelerated toward a fluorescent screen to form a magnified image of the emitting surface.

Origin of field-emission microscope

1
First recorded in1950–55

Words Nearby field-emission microscope

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