equivalent focal length

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optics the ratio of the size of an image of a small distant object near the optical axis to the angular distance of the object in radians

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equivalence relation, equivalency, equivalent, equivalent air speed, equivalent circuit, equivalent focal length, equivalent weight, equivalve, equivocal, equivocally, equivocate

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To his critics, he explained—sometimes at painful length—his reasoning against it.
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Right now it looks like the diplomatic equivalent of one hand clapping.
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“It seems that the different standard is (based on) the length of the beard and outwardly display of piety,” Hamdani said.
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It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'
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Besides this fundamental or primary vibration, the movement divides itself into segments, or sections, of the entire length.
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At length only four or five flames remained, feebly wavering in their pools of melted wax.
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The experience of the Jesuit fathers at Port Royal is related at length, from their own point of view.
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