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dark-field illumination

noun

  1. illumination of the field of a microscope from the side so that the specimen is viewed against a dark background
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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For this video, Kristiansen visualized his own blood cells with a microscopy technique called dark-field illumination—which is why the cells appear goldenish on a black background rather than red on a white background.

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