DARK FIELD ILLUMINATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dark field illumination mean? 

• DARK FIELD ILLUMINATION (noun)
  The noun DARK FIELD ILLUMINATION has 1 sense:

1. a form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light; specimens appear luminous against a dark background

  Familiarity information: DARK FIELD ILLUMINATION used as a noun is very rare.

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• DARK FIELD ILLUMINATION (noun)

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Meaning:

A form of microscopic examination of living material by scattered light; specimens appear luminous against a dark background

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

dark field illumination; dark ground illumination

Hypernyms ("dark field illumination" is a kind of...):

microscopy (research with the use of microscopes)