• In Gaussian optics, the cardinal points consist of three pairs of points located on the optical axis of a rotationally symmetric, focal, optical system...
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  • compass Cardinal point (optics), a set of special points in an optical system, which help in the analysis of its properties Cardinal Points, a student-run...
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    In geometrical optics, a focus, also called an image point, is a point where light rays originating from a point on an object converge. Although the focus...
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    source point give way to negative vergence. Negative vergence is also called divergence. Optical power Optical resolution Cardinal point (optics) Katz...
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  • Nodal Point may refer to: Nodal point, a cardinal point in optics Nodal admissions point, a location used in UK school admission policy This disambiguation...
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  • lucida Camera obscura Candela Cardinal point (optics) Cassegrain reflector Cathodoluminescence Catoptrics Caustic (optics) Chatoyancy Chemical laser Chromatic...
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    Radius of curvature (applications) Radius Base curve radius Cardinal point (optics) Vergence (optics) "Radius of curvature of a lens". 2015-03-06. Barbastathis...
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  • refer to this position in the camera sensor relative to the lens. Cardinal point (optics) Flange focal distance Elkins, David E. (2005-01-28). The Camera...
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    Lens (redirect from Meniscus (optics))
    Anti-fogging treatment of optical surfaces Back focal plane Bokeh Cardinal point (optics) Caustic (optics) Eyepiece F-number Gravitational lens Lens (anatomy) List...
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    Optical axis (category Geometrical optics)
    of the fiber core, and is also known as the fiber axis. Ray (optics) Cardinal point (optics) Antenna boresight "Optical axis | Light Rays, Refraction &...
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    and mates with the rifle's standard dual-combat sighting system. Cardinal point (optics) Picatinny rail Sellers, David. "Serendipity and a Spider William...
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  • Fourier optics is the study of classical optics using Fourier transforms (FTs), in which the waveform being considered is regarded as made up of a combination...
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  • Carbon dioxide laser Carbon nanotube Carbon nanotube quantum dot Cardinal point (optics) Carel S. Scholten Carey Foster Cargill Gilston Knott Carl-Gunne...
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  • The Cardinal of the Kremlin is an espionage thriller novel, written by Tom Clancy and released on May 20, 1988. A direct sequel to The Hunt for Red October...
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  • The reduced eye is an idealized model of the optics of the human eye. Introduced by Franciscus Donders, the reduced eye model replaces the several refracting...
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    Vermeer), but Hockney believed that nobody had previously suggested that optics had been used as early and widely as he suggested. Many art historians contested...
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    involve very small angles, such as astronomy, optometry, ophthalmology, optics, navigation, land surveying, and marksmanship. To express even smaller angles...
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    Parviainen, Pekka (1997). "Sunset science. I. The mock mirage". Applied Optics. 36 (12): 2689–2700. Bibcode:1997ApOpt..36.2689Y. doi:10.1364/ao.36.002689...
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    Roger Bacon (section Optics)
    Greek and Arabic works on optics (then known as "perspective", perspectiva). A passage in the Opus Tertium states that at some point he took a two-year break...
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    century) and most notably by Alhazen (Book of Optics, c. 1021). Latin translations of Ptolemy's Optics and of Alhazen became available in Europe in the...
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    throughout Donald's presidency, providing her input on what would make good optics and maintain his image. She also provided advice on how to pose for pictures...
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  • letters disambiguating word-in-context datasets converting spatial words cardinal directions (for example, replying "northeast" in response to a 3x3 grid...
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    mathematician and a Jesuate. He is known for his work on the problems of optics and motion, work on indivisibles, the precursors of infinitesimal calculus...
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  • Newton made revolutionary inventions and discoveries in calculus, motion, optics and gravitation. Annus Mirabilis is also the title of a poem by John Dryden...
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    "Worldwide prevalence and risk factors for myopia". Ophthalmic & Physiological Optics. 32 (1): 3–16. doi:10.1111/j.1475-1313.2011.00884.x. PMID 22150586. S2CID 32397628...
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    Retrieved July 22, 2005. ISBN 88-85042-11-2. Ratzinger, Joseph Cardinal (1994). Turning point for Europe? The Church in the Modern World – Assessment and...
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  • story "The Eye of Allah", which touches on many of the same themes, like optics, manuscript illumination, music, medicine, priestly authority and the Church's...
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  • ). Ptolemy's Theory of Visual Perception: An English Translation of the Optics with Introduction and Commentary. Transactions of the American Philosophical...
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  • angle. The cardinal points referred to here are the points on the limb located such that a line from the center of the disk through them will point to one...
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    Purple (section Optics)
    speakers of English, for example between United Kingdom and United States. Optics research on purple and violet contains contributions of authors from different...
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