scanning electron microscope

Definitions

General Science

• noun a microscope that uses an electron beam instead of light to produce highly magnified images

Electronics

• An electron microscope in which the electron beam is scanned over the surface of the specimen. Such a microscope produces a three-dimensional view on a film or display screen. This contrasts, for instance, with a transmission electron microscope, which passes an electron beam through a thin sample. Its abbreviation is SEM.
• acronymSEM

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