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scanning tunneling microscope
scan·ning tun·nel·ing mi·cro·scope (plural scan·ning tun·nel·ing mic·ro·scopes)


noun 
Definition:
 
microscope for studying surfaces: a microscope used to study surfaces in which a very small probe is moved across a sample and quantum mechanical effects give information about the surface structure

scan·ning tun·nel·ing mi·cros·co·py noun
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