Meanings
nounheliomicroscopy (uncountable)
- uncountableA form of microscopy that uses a beam of helium atoms focused using a Fresnel zone plate
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sóh₂wl̥
- Proto-Indo-European*sh₂wél(i)yos
- Proto-Hellenic*hāwélios
- Ancient Greekἥλῐος (hḗlĭos)
- Englishhelio-
- Englishmicroscopy
- Englishheliomicroscopy
From helio- + microscopy.
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