Becke test

noun

ˈbe-kə-

: a method of determining with a microscope the relative indices of refraction of a transparent particle (such as a plant or animal cell or a mineral) immersed in or in contact with a standard medium of known refractive index

Word History

Etymology

after Friedrich Becke

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