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SOME confusing terms are used nowadays in microscopy. One repeatedly sees and hears the expression ‘light-microscopy’ used with the intention of excluding phase-contrast and dark-ground, as though these methods did not involve the use of light. One also notices the expression ‘phase-contrast illumination’, which is used despite the fact that the essential part of the method occurs at or near the upper focal plane of the objective.
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BAKER, J. Nomenclature in Microscopy. Nature 177, 194 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/177194b0
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