freeze-etch|ing

freeze-etch|ing
freeze-etch|ing «FREEZ EHCH ihng», noun.
a method of preparing specimens for study under an electron microscope by freezing them and then breaking them up along natural planes of weakness to show their internal structure in three dimensions.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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