usually as modifierAn apparatus fixed beneath the ordinary stage of a compound microscope to support mirrors and other accessories.
（复式显微镜的）辅台
Example sentencesExamples
Even though the digital images are generally good, important details of the tissues are often lost that might be enhanced with appropriate adjustments of a real microscope (focus and substage diaphragm adjustments).
For microscopic examination of the vaginal discharge, warming the slide and decreasing the intensity of substage lighting are ways to increase sensitivity for trichomonads.
Definition of substage in US English:
substage
nounˈsəbstāj
usually as modifierAn apparatus fixed beneath the ordinary stage of a compound microscope to support mirrors and other accessories.
（复式显微镜的）辅台
Example sentencesExamples
For microscopic examination of the vaginal discharge, warming the slide and decreasing the intensity of substage lighting are ways to increase sensitivity for trichomonads.
Even though the digital images are generally good, important details of the tissues are often lost that might be enhanced with appropriate adjustments of a real microscope (focus and substage diaphragm adjustments).