measuring microscope
11Micrometer microscope — Micrometer Mi*crom e*ter, n. [Micro + meter: cf. F. microm[ e]tre.] An instrument, used with a telescope or microscope, for measuring minute distances, or the apparent diameters of objects which subtend minute angles. The measurement given… …
12Digital microscope — An insect observed with a digital microscope. A digital microscope is a variation of a traditional optical microscope that uses optics and a charge coupled device (CCD) camera to output a digital image to a monitor, sometimes by means of software …
13Scanning electron microscope — These pollen grains taken on an SEM show the characteristic depth of field of SEM micrographs …
14Atomic de Broglie microscope — Fig.1. Proposal for the Helium microscope by.[1] The atomic de Broglie microscope (also atomic nanoscope, neutral beam microscope, or scanning helium microscope when helium is used as the probing atom) is an imaging system which is expected to… …
15Scanning acoustic microscope — A Scanning Acoustic Microscope (SAM) is a device which uses focused sound to investigate, measure, or image an object (a process called Scanning Acoustic Tomography). It is commonly used in failure analysis and non destructive evaluation. It also …
16Traveling microscope — A traveling microscope is an instrument for measuring length with a resolution of about 0.05 0.1 mm. It is composed of a microscope mounted on two rails fixed to a supporting structure. The position of the microscope can be varied coarsely by… …
17Magnetic force microscope — MFM images of 3.2 GB and 30 GB computer hard drive surfaces. Magnetic force microscope (MFM) is a variety of atomic force microscope, where a sharp magnetized tip scans a magnetic sample; the tip sample magnetic interactions are detected and used …
18Friction force microscope — A friction force microscope is an atomic force microscope with a four quadrant photodetector, which allows measuring the frictional force acting on the probing tip sliding on a surface from the torsion of the cantilever beam where the tip is… …
19National Science Foundation: Under the Microscope — is the title of a 73 page report released by US Senator Tom Coburn on May 26, 2011.[1] The report received significant press coverage in mainstream press,[2][3] and generated significant controversy in academia, due to its accusations about… …
20atomic force microscope — noun A device used to map the atomic structure of a surface by measuring the force acting on the very fine tip of a wire moved over the surface See Also: atomic force microscopy …
