microrefractometry
microrefractometry
[¦mī·krō‚rē‚frak′täm·ə·trē] (optics)
The measurement of refractive indices of microscopic objects; this is often done by immersing an object in a series of mediums of graded refractive index until one is found that makes the object invisible in a phase-contrast microscope.
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