electron microscope electron gun • electron optics · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · electron microscope · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 19 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) 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. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · electron · · Synonym 1 negatron · · Synonym 2 Characters · · space U+0020 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C m latin small letter m U+006D n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074