optical path
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of optical path
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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The researchers are also working to ensure the stability of the fiber-coupled optical path over extended periods and under more intense conditions such as running and jumping.
From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2024
In his tinkering, “I came up with a custom optical path that will actually allow it to work,” he said.
From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2021
What you are seeing is simply a housefly crawling across a lens in the optical path of the system’s telescope.
From Washington Post • May 8, 2020
The quartz cell with 1 mm optical path length was equipped with a platinum mesh working electrode and with the same reference electrode used for voltammetry.
From Nature • Mar. 28, 2017
The optical path consists of a series of transparent liquids and solids.
From Visual Illusions Their Causes, Characteristics and Applications by Luckiesh, Matthew
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