darkfield

English

adj
Definitions
  • Being or relating to a method of microscopy that excludes the unscattered beam from the image, so that the field around the specimen (i.e. where there is no specimen to scatter the beam) is generally dark.

Etymology

Compound from English dark (hidden) + English field (open field).

Origin

English

field

Gloss

open field

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