phase contrast microscope

noun

A microscope that uses the change of phase when light is transmitted or reflected from a transparent or reflective specimen to form an image; used especially to study living cells.

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Meanings

nounphase contrast microscope (plural phase contrast microscopes)

plural phase contrast microscopes

  1. A microscope that uses the change of phase when light is transmitted or reflected from a transparent or reflective specimen to form an image; used especially to study living cells.

Translations

Hungarian fáziskontraszt-mikroszkóp
  • fáziskontraszt-mikroszkópmicroscope that uses the change of phase when light is transmitted or reflected from a transparent or reflective specimen to form an image
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