#electron_microscope a microscope that is similar in purpose to a light microscope but achieves much greater resolving power by using a parallel beam of electrons to illuminate the object instead of a beam of light
supertype: #microscope magnifier of the image of small objects; "the invention of the microscope led to the discovery of the cell"
subtype: #field-emission_microscope electron microscope used to observe the surface structure of a solid
part: #electron_gun the electrode that is the source of electrons in a cathode-ray tube or electron microscope; consists of a cathode that emits a stream of electrons and the electrostatic or electromagnetic apparatus that focuses it
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