"darkfield" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: dark + field Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dark|field}} dark + field Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} darkfield (not comparable)
  1. 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. Wikipedia link: Dark field microscopy Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-darkfield-en-adj-lqRSKRGU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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