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Record 1 2000-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
DEF

Pertaining to a lens or a lens system with zero focal power, or one in which rays entering parallel emerge parallel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
DEF

Relatif à une lentille ou à un système optique dont la puissance focale est nulle (c'est-à-dire à travers laquelle ou lequel des rayons incidents entrant parallèles entre eux émergent parallèles entre eux).

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Óptica
DEF

Dícese de aquel sistema óptico o lente cuya potencia es igual a cero, es decir, los rayos que inciden paralelos emergen paralelos.

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