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milliprobe (iou)



milliprobe noun. M20.
[from MILLI- + PROBE noun.]
An instrument for analysing small amounts of material; spec. a form of spectrophotometer used esp. to study fragile or precious objects, in which a narrow beam of accelerated particles (usu. protons) is directed at the specimen and the resulting fluorescence analysed.