diffractive
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The new diffractive robots are "going to blow that record out of the water," said Itai Cohen, professor of physics and co-author of the study.
From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024
One of the benefits of diffractive lenses is that they can remain thin while increasing in diameter.
From Salon • Jul. 14, 2023
Lucky for me, Thomas Milster – one of the world's leading experts on diffractive lens design – works in the building next to mine.
From Salon • Jul. 14, 2023
A cleverly arranged pattern of steps and angles on a glass surface can form a diffractive lens.
From Salon • Jul. 14, 2023
A corresponding hand-drawing, for which M. Thollon received in 1886 the Lalande Prize, exhibits, not the diffractive, but the prismatic spectrum as obtained with bisulphide of carbon prisms of large dispersive power.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Clerke, Agnes M. (Agnes Mary)
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