phase contrast microscope

English

Noun

phase contrast microscope (plural phase contrast microscopes)

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

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