microprobe
noun
mi·cro·probe
ˈmī-krə-ˌprōb 
: a device for microanalysis that operates by exciting radiation in a minute area of material so that the composition may be determined from the emission spectrum
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Engineers envision a laser on the lander that powers a microprobe, with the probe itself spooling fiber behind it.
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Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2019
But the University of Hawaii, where Meech is based, had just purchased a new ion microprobe that might be able to do the job.
—Nola Taylor Redd, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2019
Their microprobe takes advantage of minuscule forces between objects at the atomic level to grasp the polystyrene spheres, which in turn hold the axon.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2016
Adding an ion microprobe means taking off something else.
—G. Ryan Faith, Wired, 14 Feb. 2020
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Discover Magazine, 12 Feb. 2019
But the University of Hawaii, where Meech is based, had just purchased a new ion microprobe that might be able to do the job.
—Nola Taylor Redd, Discover Magazine, 1 Nov. 2019
Their microprobe takes advantage of minuscule forces between objects at the atomic level to grasp the polystyrene spheres, which in turn hold the axon.
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2016
Adding an ion microprobe means taking off something else.
—G. Ryan Faith, Wired, 14 Feb. 2020
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microprobe
noun
mi·cro·probe
-ˌprōb
: a device for microanalysis that operates by exciting radiation in a minute area or volume of material so that the composition may be determined from the emission spectrum
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