microprobe
Americannoun
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Chemistry, Spectroscopy. a device used to excite radiation by a material in order to determine chemical or elemental composition from the emission spectrum produced.
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Surgery. a miniature probe for use in microsurgery.
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Origin of microprobe
Example Sentences
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Zinner, E. & Crozaz, G. A method for the quantitative measurement of rare earth elements in the ion microprobe.
From Nature ● Mar. 11, 2018
Rowe, M. C., Ellis, B. S. & Lindeberg, A. Quantifying crystallization and devitrification of rhyolites by means of X-ray diffraction and electron microprobe analysis.
From Nature ● Dec. 12, 2017
He chipped off a gram piece and put it under an electron microprobe, which uses an electron beam to excite atoms in the rock’s minerals.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 25, 2014
This is one of four models of ion microprobe built at A.N.U.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2011
In a typical experiment, they carefully removed the nucleus of one amoeba with a microprobe and sucked out most of the cell's cytoplasm with a tiny pipette.
From Time Magazine Archive
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