Photonics Dictionary: R

The spontaneous visual presentation of radar information by electronic traces on a cathode-ray tube.

A display in which regeneration takes place serially at a fixed speed in a set pattern through the scan lines.

A display device, such as a cathode-ray tube, that is located at some distance from the source generating the displayed information.

The analysis of the photographs taken from the radar display of a survey aircraft and used when recording terrain that is obscured by clouds.

The photographic image of a thin specimen having a radioactive isotope that, formed through contact between the specimen and a photographic plate, displays the distribution of the radioactive...

The luminescence displayed when particular minerals are irradiated with β-rays and g-rays, after being exposed to nuclear radiation.

The pattern of lines traced by rectilinear scanning in display systems.

The vertical or horizontal distance between two addressable points on a display screen; indicates the basic resolution element of a terminal.

Also known as display primaries. Colors formed by a television receiver that are of constant chromaticity and variable luminance, and that, mixed in certain proportions, form other colors. Red, green...

RGB stands for red, green, blue, which are the primary colors of light used in additive color mixing. The RGB color model is widely used in various electronic displays, such as computer monitors,...