Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

darkfield

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: dark-field
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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.

Etymology

From dark + field.

Questions

What does darkfield mean?: 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.
Where does darkfield come from?: From dark + field.

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