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everhart-thornley detector

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables
ev-er-hart-thorn-ley de-tec-tor
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
24
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A secondary electron and back-scattered electron detector used in scanning electron microscopes.

Etymology

Named after its designers, Thomas E. Everhart and Richard F. M. Thornley.

Inflected Forms

Everhart-Thornley detectors (plural)

Synonyms

ETD

Questions

What does everhart-thornley detector mean?
A secondary electron and back-scattered electron detector used in scanning electron microscopes.
Where does everhart-thornley detector come from?
Named after its designers, Thomas E. Everhart and Richard F. M. Thornley.

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