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Record 1 1998-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
CONT

Today, the concept of an image often departs from Kepler's idea that an extended object can be regarded as innumerable separate points of light and it is sometimes more convenient to regard an image as being composed of overlapping patterns of varying frequencies and contrasts [...]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
DEF

Objet constitué de beaucoup de points objets séparés latéralement pour donner une certaine forme.

OBS

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

Spanish

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