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in contrast used to indicate that there is a strong or noticable difference between the one thing that has just been discussed and the second thing that is about to be discussed (sometimes fol. by "to" or "with").
phase-contrast microscope a microscope that uses the different phases of light from different parts of an observed object to produce an image with high contrast among its parts.