anidolic

anidolic adjective: pertaining to nonimaging transfer of light, particularly in the domain of indoor natural lighting.

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Adjective

anidolic (not comparable)

Pertaining to nonimaging transfer of light, particularly in the domain of indoor natural lighting.
- Doctorate students at our University can find in the Syllabus a course entitled Dialogues on Anidolic Optics. The inquiring reader might ask what anidodlic means. It is nothing but non-imaging in Greek, but (to us) it sounds better. As researchers in this field we cannot allow ourselves to deal...1991, Winston, Roland; Holman, Robert L; Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, Nonimaging Optics: Maximum Efficiency Light Transfer : 23-24 July 1991, San Diego, California
- Zenithal openings (Couret et al. 1994) are also attracting interest because they provide a high illuminance level; an anidolic toplighting consists of a compound parabolic concentrator which concentrates light in its top mirror and then diffuses it with its bottom one (Figure 3.21). It protects...2002, Andreas K. Athienitis, Thermal Analysis and Design of Passive Solar Buildings

Coined around 1990 (see first quotation), from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “non-”) + Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “figure, representation”) + -ic.

What does anidolic mean?: Anidolic means pertaining to nonimaging transfer of light, particularly in the domain of indoor natural lighting.
What part of speech is anidolic?: Anidolic is an adjective.

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