English
Detailed Synonyms for optic axis in English
optic axis:
optic axis [the ~] nom
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the optic axis
– a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted 1the principal axis; the optic axis– a line that passes through the center of curvature of a lens so that light is neither reflected nor refracted 1 -
the optic axis
– in a doubly refracting crystal, the line in the direction of which no double refraction occurs 1the optic axis– in a doubly refracting crystal, the line in the direction of which no double refraction occurs 1