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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

dark-field adj. [Optics.]

Opticsof or pertaining to the illumination of an object by which it is seen, through a microscope, as bright against a dark background.

1860–65

'dark-field' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

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