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  • T number
    T number
    noun
    one of a series of calibrations of lens openings according to the intensity of the light actually transmitted by the lens. T
  • T-number
    T-number
    noun
    photog a function of the f-number of a camera lens that takes into account the amount of light actually transmitted by the lens

T number

American  

noun

Photography.
  1. one of a series of calibrations of lens openings according to the intensity of the light actually transmitted by the lens. T


T-number British  

noun

  1. photog a function of the f-number of a camera lens that takes into account the amount of light actually transmitted by the lens

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of T-number

from T ( otal Light Transmission ) Number

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