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audiovisual
Concerned with the transmission and reception of both sight and sound. An audiovisual system communicates pictorial images...
filovirus
Filoviruses are a family of viruses that are responsible for severe and often fatal hemorrhagic fevers in humans and...
spectral flow cytometry
Spectral flow cytometry is an advanced flow cytometry technique that expands the capabilities of traditional flow cytometry...
transition
The process whereby a quantum mechanical system alters from one energy level to another. During this process, energy is...
ultraviolet reflectance
Ultraviolet reflectance refers to the ability of a material or surface to reflect UV light. Ultraviolet light is...
selenology
That branch of astronomy concerned with the study of the moon's physical characteristics.
horizon detector
An infrared device used in satellites and rockets to determine a heat horizon for the Earth at altitudes (above 200 miles)...
minimum perceptible
The smallest object that may be seen, measured in terms of the angle subtended by the object measured at the eye. Also...
underwater photography
The field of photography concerned with the recording of subjects beneath the water with a watertight, water-resistant...
photobleaching
Photobleaching is a phenomenon in which the fluorescence of a fluorophore (a fluorescent molecule or dye) is permanently...
biometrics
Biometrics refers to the automated recognition of individuals based on their physiological or behavioral characteristics....
multispectral photography
The use of narrow bandpass filters and special photographic emulsions to discern features of a surface that would not be...
relief
The discernment of depth or apparent difference in distance that causes the object to stand out from its background because...
direct radiative transition
An energy transition concerned with photons alone.
kinematics
That portion of physics concerned with motion in the abstract, such as of points or space figures, and separated from its...
rare-earth elements
Rare-earth elements (REEs) are a group of seventeen chemical elements found in the Earth's crust, characterized by their...
laser photochemistry
The study concerned with the stimulation of chemical activity by laser light as a result of the absorption of photons by a...
topology
Topology is a branch of mathematics that focuses on the properties of space that are preserved under continuous...
remote inspection
Remote inspection refers to the process of inspecting, evaluating, or monitoring assets, equipment, infrastructure, or...
spatially offset Raman spectroscopy
Spatially offset Raman spectroscopy (SORS) is a technique that extends traditional Raman spectroscopy by incorporating...
indirect radiative transition
An energy transition concerned with the combination of a photon and a phonon.
spatial resolution
Spatial resolution refers to the level of detail or granularity in an image or a spatial dataset. It is a measure of the...
molecular spectroscopy
Spectrum analysis concerned with the spectra formed by transitions in molecules.
chromatic aberration
Chromatic aberration is an optical phenomenon that occurs when different wavelengths (colors) of light are refracted by a...

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