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The intensity regulation of a cathode-ray tube by...
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Broadening of a spectrum that results from the influence of...
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The splitting of energy levels of an atom, ion or molecule...
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A type of semiconductor diode used in voltage-limiting...
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A telescope that is fixed or has a limited degree of...
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In the SI system, prefix meaning...
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The introduction of a filter into an imaging system to...
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A highly flame-retardant material used to jacket fiber...
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In an interference pattern, that point where there is no...
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A mirror that supplies equal reflectance for both the...
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In a single-mode optical fiber, the wavelength that causes...
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Schott Glass Technologies' trade name for a glass-ceramic...
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The removal of the zero-order component of the Fourier...
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A grating that specularly reflects the specified long...
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A quarter- or half-wave retarder made from two plates of...
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A polyethylene grating that transmits the long wavelengths...
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The difference in electrokinetic potential between the...
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In the SI system, prefix meaning...
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A polycrystalline material that transmits in the infrared;...
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A two-fiber optical cable containing two single-fiber...
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A small bulb containing a conducting gas, an arc being...
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An infrared transmitting material used in the production of...
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The sunlight that extends to the earth after scattering...
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Spherical or chromatic aberration in a lens having a wide...
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A factor that, when multiplied by the average candlepower...
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Also known as zonal axis. The axis positioned through the...
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A plate of glass, usually a photograph, on which there is a...
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1. In a polished surface, concentric waves that appear as...
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To control, by magnifying or reducing, the size of a...
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An optical system of variable focal length, the focal plane...
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A technique for determining the nonlinear optical...
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magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) - An imaging technique, based on the principles of nuclear magnetic resonance, used to produce high-quality images of the inside of the human body.

See also nuclear magnetic resonance.

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