- phase-contrast
- adjective Date: 1934 of or employing the phase-contrast microscope
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phase-contrast — adj of or employing the phase contrast microscope <phase contrast optics> … Medical dictionary
phase-contrast — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : of or employing the phase microscope phase contrast microscopy * * * phase contrast ● microscope … Useful english dictionary
Phase contrast microscopy — Phase contrast image of a cheek epithelial cell Phase contrast microscopy is an optical microscopy illumination technique of great importance to biologists in which small (invisible to the human eye) phase shifts in the light passing through a… … Wikipedia
Phase-contrast imaging — Phase contrast imaging, or – more casually – High Resolution (HR) imaging, is a method of imaging in Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). The ability to image using phase contrast is one of the key elements which differentiates Transmission… … Wikipedia
phase-contrast microscopy — n use of or investigation with the phase contrast microscope called also phase microscopy … Medical dictionary
phase-contrast microscope — n 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 difference microscope, phase microscope … Medical dictionary
phase-contrast microscope — [fāz′kän′trast΄] n. a compound microscope that uses special lenses, diaphragms, etc. to alter slightly the paths of light waves from an object, thus producing a diffraction pattern that allows the viewing of transparent parts: also phase… … Universalium
phase-contrast microscope — [fāz′kän′trast΄] n. a compound microscope that uses special lenses, diaphragms, etc. to alter slightly the paths of light waves from an object, thus producing a diffraction pattern that allows the viewing of transparent parts: also phase… … English World dictionary
phase contrast microscope — phase contrast microscope. См. фазово контрастный микроскоп. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
phase-contrast microscope — noun see phase microscope * * * phase contrast microscope or phase difference microscope noun One in which phase differences due to the refractive index of cellular components are converted to differences of light intensity, of particular value… … Useful english dictionary
