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speckle interferometry
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noun Astronomy.
a photographic technique for clarifying the telescopic images of a star by taking short exposures of the electronic images of the star's speckle pattern and extrapolating properties of the starlight to create a more accurate composite image.
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Words nearby speckle interferometry
specious present, speck, speckle, speckled trout, speckled wood, speckle interferometry, speckle pattern, specs, spec sheet, SPECT, spectacle
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speckle interferometry
noun
astronomy a technique to increase the angular resolution of telescopes that are impaired by atmospheric turbulence, in which the information from a number of exposures of very short duration is combined
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