phase-contrast microscope
phase–contrast microscope
nounDefinition of PHASE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPE
: a microscope that translates differences in phase of the light transmitted through or reflected by the object into differences of intensity in the image —called also phase microscope
First Known Use of PHASE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPE
1947
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