field-emission microscope

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   electron microscope used to observe the surface structure of a solid

   Broaderelectron microscope

Questions about field-emission microscope

What does field-emission microscope mean?

field-emission microscope means "electron microscope used to observe the surface structure of a solid".

Is field-emission microscope a common word?

field-emission microscope is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.