optical center
Americannoun
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Located on West Ventura Boulevard between Highway 101 and the Camarillo Airport, the 160,000-square-foot warehouse will have a food court, bakery, pharmacy, optical center, hearing aid center and tire service center.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Scientists believe high-energy cosmic rays impacting on the eye's retina or the brain's optical center cause the flashes.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ratio of the apertures that give the same results at the optical center or behind the objective is as that of the diaphragm employed to that of the back lens.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884 by Various
The most convenient ray to choose would be one passing through O, the optical center of the lens, because such a ray passes through the lens unchanged in direction, as is clear from Figure 74.
From General Science by Bertha M. Clark
It is assumed that the photographer knows exactly what the focus of his lens is, and that he is able to measure accurately from its optical center.
From Bromide Printing and Enlarging A Practical Guide to the Making of Bromide Prints by Contact and Bromide Enlarging by Daylight and Artificial Light, With the Toning of Bromide Prints and Enlargements by John A. Tennant
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