Term: 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
Broader: microscope: magnifier of the image of small objects | Unrelated: ricochet: a glancing rebound
Broader: microscope: magnifier of the image of small objects | Unrelated: persimmon: any of several tropical trees of the genus Diospyros
Broader: microscope: magnifier of the image of small objects | Unrelated: neostigmine: a cholinergic drug (trade name Prostigmin) used to treat some ophthalmic conditions and to treat myasthenia gravis
Broader: microscope: magnifier of the image of small objects | Unrelated: holding cell: a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial
Broader: microscope: magnifier of the image of small objects | Unrelated: gabon franc: the basic unit of money in Gabon
Broader: microscope: magnifier of the image of small objects | Unrelated: dog's breakfast: a poor job; a mess
Broader: microscope: magnifier of the image of small objects | Unrelated: canard: a deliberately misleading fabrication
Broader: microscope: magnifier of the image of small objects | Unrelated: vaginal smear: smear taken from the vaginal mucosa for cytological analysis
Broader: microscope: magnifier of the image of small objects | Unrelated: tichodroma: wall creepers; in some classifications placed in family Sittidae
Broader: microscope: magnifier of the image of small objects | Unrelated: box calf: black calfskin leather tanned with chromium salts