principal point
noun Optics.
the point where a principal plane intersects the axis.
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Origin of principal point
First recorded in 1695–1705
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Medicine definitions for principal point
principal point
n.
One of the two points in an optical system where the axis is cut by the two principal planes. Lines drawn from these to corresponding points on the object and the image will be parallel.
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