phase contrast microscope

English

Noun

phase contrast microscope (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.

Related terms

• phase contrast microscopy

Translations

microscope that uses the change of phase when light is transmitted or reflected from a transparent or reflective specimen to form an image

• Hungarian: fáziskontraszt-mikroszkóp

See also

• interference microscope