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optical path

American  

noun

  1. the path of light through a medium, having a magnitude equal to the geometric distance through the system times the index of refraction of the medium.


Etymology

Origin of optical path

First recorded in 1890–95

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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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